When Facebook announced the launch of Graph Search last week, there was a lot of commentary on how it signaled the social network’s move into Google’s … Read more
New App Will Scrub Offensive Stuff From Employees’ Facebook Pages
By Eric B. Meyer The self-congratulatory comments I left below the picture of my awesome seven-story beeramid. My candid review of Cinemax’s After … Read more
Get Ready For Some Good News: HR Career Prospects Are Improving
Want some good news for a change? If you dig deep into the recent study by U.S. News & World Report on the 100 Best Jobs of 2013, you’ll find … Read more
What Motivates Employees to Stay? It’s Mostly About the Pay
Sometimes, the simplest and most logical answer that makes the most sense. So it is with CareerBuilder‘s latest survey that digs deep into just what … Read more
Pew Study Shows That Employees Are Turning Into Health Care Consumers
Employees have heard you loud and clear, Ms. and Mr. Employer. They got the message that it’s time to become a savvy health care consumer. They’re out … Read more
New Study: Spending on Training Jumped by 12% Last Year
Here’s another small sign that the economy is slowly and gradually starting to improve: overall spending by businesses on workplace training and … Read more
Coping With Flu Season: 3 Tips to Encourage Sick Workers to Stay Home
Flu season has hit early and hard this year. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the current outbreak could be the worst in a decade. Things are … Read more
Supreme Court Will Rule on Proof Needed For a Retaliation Claim
By Eric B. Meyer What makes retaliation the most common discrimination claim in America? I suspect it’s because other forms of discrimination (e.g., … Read more
Labor Department Pushing Ahead on Employee “Right to Know” Initiative
By John E. Thompson As we speculated in November, the U.S. Department of Labor apparently does intend to reinvigorate its so-called “Right to … Read more
HR and Big Data: It’s a Union With Limitless Possibilities
In many ways, “Big Data” and HR are a natural fit. Human Resources already “owns” much of an enterprise’s most valuable internal data — … Read more