By Eric B. Meyer With the National Hockey League season in jeopardy, I imagine that Canadians are a fairly ornery bunch these days. Even further north, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: IBM’s 401(k) Change? Just Another Reason to be Disengaged
When a company like IBM makes a big, ground-breaking employee benefits change, a lot of people sit up and notice. That’s why The Wall Street Journal … Read more
December Jobs Report Surprises With More Hiring, Lower Unemployment
Confounding predictions of mediocre new hiring and a rise in unemployment, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that 148,000 new jobs were added to the … Read more
Would Your Poor Employee Engagement Turn Off Investors?
How effective are efforts in the United Kingdom to make employee engagement a nationwide concern through its Engage for Success initiative? This article … Read more
Transparency Group Says It Will End Push to Change SHRM Board Policies
SHRM Members for Transparency, the outside group that has been challenging the Board of Directors of the Society for Human Resource Management to be more … Read more
Did Your Open Enrollment Results Match Your Health Care Strategy?
Now that open enrollment is over, it’s time to look at its results. Your results will be key in helping you shape your strategy for the coming year. Take a … Read more
Real Estate Trumps HR, BYOD, and Other Trends You’ll See in 2013
Editor’s note: It’s never too early to make a forecast about 2013. So, consider this one of many predictions about what may await us when the … Read more
Struggling Monster Ending the Year With a New Round of Layoffs
Job board giant Monster Worldwide laid off an undisclosed number of workers Tuesday, and closed its operations in Brazil and Mexico. One report put the … Read more
Is It Ever OK For Employers to “Round” an Employee’s Worktime?
By John E. Thompson For many years, some employers have chosen to “round” non-exempt employees’ time entries in computing their wages. … Read more
Bill Kutik Retiring After 2013 HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas
It’s been an open secret for many months, but Bill Kutik, the co-chairman and driving force behind the annual HR Technology Conference & Expo, … Read more