Right about now, your employees are wondering whether they’ll keep their new resolutions or dust off the old ones and give them one more go. Even your … Read more
Big Surprise? Not Really – Pay Equity Now a Top Priority for EEOC
After reviewing the EEOC’s newly-approved Strategic Enforcement Plan, there are no surprises for employers when it comes to identifying where to … Read more
What Top Companies Know: The 5 Basic Rules of Happy Employees
My timing seems to be a bit off. Yesterday, I wrote about 4 Ways to a Happier and More Engaged Workforce, and then Fast Company comes out with an article … Read more
Ignite HR 4: Who Are You? (or Why HR Controls Workforce Marketing)
Here’s a talent management concept that you may roll your eyes over, but believe me, it’s one you should look at. Here it is: workforce … Read more
Play or Pay With Obamacare? 7 Reasons Why “Pay” Is Not the Easy Answer
With every day that goes by, the nation’s employers move a step closer to having to make a decision: Do I play or pay? Employers now have just a little … Read more
Why a Job Recovery May Be Actually Bad News For Your Business
According to a recent Conference Board survey of economists, U.S. consumer confidence registered a one year high in 2012 as optimism about the labor market … Read more
Workplace Flexibility: This Year, Collaborative Scheduling Is Ready to Take Off
Will workplace flexibility surge in 2013? And will it resemble the limited programs of the past? The answers: “very likely” and “far less program, much … Read more
Don’t Let Your Workers Fall Off Their Own Fiscal Cliff This January
Now that Congress has mostly averted falling off the fiscal cliff by penning The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, some employees may have a false … Read more
Paying Employees For Overtime Work Is Not a By-The-Job Matter
By John E. Thompson Recent reports have described more than one scenario in which an employer violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because the … Read more
Court Finds That Employee’s Private Facebook Posts Are Relevant to Case
By Eric B. Meyer I assure you that what inspired this post had nothing to do with the facts of the case; namely: The female plaintiff claiming that her … Read more