By John E. Thompson As we reported earlier, a former Harper’s Bazaar unpaid intern is pursuing a lawsuit against publisher the Hearst Corporation in … Read more
Are Fewer Employers Using Employment Background Checks?
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) just published an eye-opening study on employers use of employee background checks. The big takeaway that … Read more
Nasty Racial Slurs in the Office? Court Says They Don’t Prove Bias
By Eric B. Meyer What if I told you that a female black employee was called “monkey” and “nappy head Raggedy Ann” at work? What if … Read more
Olympic Security Shortfall: Lessons From a Workforce Planning Nightmare
It looks like a blunder of Olympic-sized proportions. Last week, the British government announced that G4S, the company responsible for providing security … Read more
Court Rejects Enforcement of FLSA Breast Milk Break Requirement
By John E. Thompson An Iowa federal court has dismissed a worker’s claim which alleged that her employer failed to comply with the federal Fair Labor … Read more
3 Ideas to Retain the Young & Talented When Career Paths Are Scarce
Steve Boese (another go-to blogger of mine for anything relevant and important in the moment in HR) recently pointed out this alarming statistic: For the … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Is There Really a Big Global Talent Shortage Looming?
It’s a paradox that’s hard to grasp, and it comes from the new study titled Global Talent 2021 conducted by Oxford Economics in conjunction … Read more
Are Your Employees Falling For These Social Security Myths?
Last week I hit the road to conduct retirement planning sessions for a couple of mid-sized companies up in New England, and many of the attendees had some … Read more
Minimizing FMLA Lawsuits (Hint: Don’t Fire After the FMLA Request)
By Eric B. Meyer In the world of human resources, “hire slow, fire fast” generally holds true to avoid just about any lawsuit. Unfortunately, … Read more
2012 Health Care Survey Lays Out 3 Ways For Employers to Rein In Costs
Aon Hewitt’s released their 2012 Health Care Survey and provided their findings and reactions to employers’ planned tactics to rein in costs. It lays out … Read more