It’s that time of year! You can feel it in the air. The anticipation … the preparation … the dread. No, not the coming of Spring. The annual performance … Read more
New Report Lists Fastest-Growing Temp Jobs – and HR Makes the Cut
In all the angst over the unemployment numbers during the Great Recession and not-so-great recovery, one area of recruiting has been going gangbusters: … Read more
Do You Know How to Pay Employees For Daylight Savings Time Work?
By Eric B. Meyer This Sunday, Daylight Savings Time begins, as we push the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 am on March 10, 2013. Did someone say Clocks? … Read more
Goodbye ROWE: Best Buy Ends Flex Work Program It Was Famous For
All things must pass, as George Harrison once observed, and so it is with Best Buy’s famous Results Only Work Environment, known simply as ROWE. … Read more
Proposed Bill Would Ban Credit Checks on Employees and Applicants
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I discussed some pending federal legislation that would expand the FMLA to cover part-time employees. Now, I hear that another … Read more
The Yahoo Effect: It’s All About Collaboration — One Way or Another
Marissa Mayer and telecommuting each took some hits last week. A Yahoo search identified 219,000 results last week for “Yahoo + telecommuting” – and a … Read more
Cyberloafing at Work? Maybe It Really Just Shows a Lack of Leadership
Turns out, people waste time at work on the Internet. Shocked? Probably not, because it’s likely that most of us do it (at least a little). According to a … Read more
New Bill Would Extend FMLA Benefits to Part-Time Workers
By Eric B. Meyer Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, … Read more
Why I Get So Irritated About Employee Appreciation Day
Today is Employee Appreciation Day. This irritates me. The fact that I am so irritated may surprise regular readers who know that employee appreciation and … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How Wrong I Was About Doing Flex Work From Home
I was asked this week what I thought of Yahoo’s decision to end flexible work arrangements for its employees. Yes, I know; we’ve been inundated … Read more