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
CEO Pay: Why Not More Outrage Over Other Highly Paid People?
Why do so many of us get so bent out of shape about CEO compensation, but not about that of other relatively highly paid people? That is the central … Read more
HR Publication Workforce Management Sold to MediaTec Publishing
Workforce Management magazine, one of the oldest publications covering human resources and talent management, has been sold by Crain Communications … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Tips to Help Workers Flourish in the “Year of the Snake”
The New Year is finally here, but really, is it possible to feel very good about being in 2013, the Year of the Snake? Think I’m being alarmist? … Read more
Michigan Becomes Latest State to Protect Employee Online Privacy
By Eric B. Meyer The newest right-to-work state is also the latest to ban companies from accessing password-protected social media accounts. In late … Read more