According to a recent American Bar Foundation study, no one (other than perhaps lawyers) believes that employment lawsuits are a good thing. The … Read more
How Sarcastic Emails Can Hurt Your Company’s ADA Defense
By Craig Annunziata and Steve Miller To: HR Manager Subject line: Are you kidding me? Body of email: Can you believe the nerve of this employee? He just … Read more
Federal Legislation Re-introduced to Help Promote Hiring of Veterans
By Eric B. Meyer To improve the reinstatement rights of returning war veterans, and to add more enforcement teeth to the Uniform Services Employment and … Read more
Hardest Jobs to Fill Survey: It’s Still Engineers, IT, and the Skilled Trades
It’s one of the defining issues of our current economic climate: despite a national unemployment rate of 8 percent, it’s still tough for many … Read more
The Six Big “C’s” of Total Rewards
Another year, another Total Rewards conference ended. Also another chance to indulge in my favorite post-conference pastime, looking back and trying to … Read more
The Returning Veteran: 8 Strategies to Ease Their Return to the Workplace
While celebrated upon their return from active duty, veterans pose a variety of challenges for employers when reentering the workforce. Federal laws like … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Employees Don’t Think Much of Their Manager’s Skills
I love people who aren’t afraid to stand up and speak their mind (yes, that means you Laurie Ruettimann). And that’s why this survey of British … Read more
How Benefits Communications Can Help the Fight Against Obesity
The story is getting scarier and scarier with each study. And yet, little is changing. Obesity rates continue to increase for all Americans to the point … Read more
Want to Reduce Productivity? Go to an Open Office Environment
Count me in as one of those who believes the “open” office environment makes it a lot harder to get any real work done. I know that lots of … Read more
How Employers Can Lose a Disability Case in 5 Easy Steps
By Eric B. Meyer What started out well for the employer… On April 29, 2009, Catherine Coffman, an employee of Robert J. Young Company, Inc. (RJY), … Read more