Do you expect to have problems with your employees wanting to watch the London Olympics at work? If it seems like a silly question (that is, you wonder why … Read more
SHRM Background Check Findings: How Survey Results Can Get Twisted
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently released their 2012 survey results on employers’ use of criminal background checks and we wanted … Read more
Survey: Workers Not Too Concerned About Hikes in Health Care Costs
Workers who have slogged through the Great Recession and the not-so-great recovery — and managed to stay employed — are a resilient bunch. … Read more
Former Unpaid Intern’s Lawsuit Gets Approval For Class Action Status
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