MYTH: Affirmative action is a U.S. policy that is peculiar to America. FACT: Affirmative action is not the product of the U.S. In fact, affirmative action … Read more
Top 10 HR Issues For HR Pros? They Haven’t Changed Much This Year
You have certainly heard this many times before: The more things change, the more things remain the same. So it is too with the concerns of HR … Read more
Is the EEOC Trying to End Credit Reports on Job Candidates Entirely?
It’s no secret that both state and federal governments have been scrutinizing the practice of employment background screening like never before, and … Read more
Arbitration Agreement: 4 Tips If You Require Them For Your Employees
By Eric B. Meyer Early in my legal career, a colleague taught me this expression: pigs get fed; hogs get slaughtered. Essentially, be aggressive. But push … Read more
New Source of Hire Study: Job Boards Are Leading Source of External Hires
A new study by HR technology provider SilkRoad shows that jobs search site Indeed.com is the leading source of external hires for its 700+ customers, … Read more
Burning Bridges: The Perils of Ripping Your Employer Heading Out the Door
In a very public resignation published Wednesday morning in The New York Times, former Goldman Sachs executive director Greg Smith blasted the investment … Read more
Does It Matter That American Workers Get So Little “Official” Time Off?
You know this to be true: American workers are among the most productive in the world, even if the the growth in U.S. productivity slowed somewhat at the … Read more
HR Now Has Its First Official Standard: Cost-Per-Hire
For the first time in the history of the profession, human resource practitioners now have a uniform way to measure and compare one of HR’s oldest … Read more
Expiring Work Authorization: Do Employers Have to Say Goodbye?
By Kim Kiel Thompson As a rule, if an employee in the United States is unable to produce a valid, unexpired work authorization document to complete the … Read more
Get a Grip: It’s Madness Worrying About Workers and March Madness
Editor’s Note: Few workplace issues get more hype than the annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. Is it a big … Read more