Complaints of retaliation by employers trumped race for the second consecutive year, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The … Read more
Survey Points to 5 Critical Talent Management Trends for 2012
I’m always interested in surveys that look ahead and give some sense of where we might be going, even if they don’t always seem to get the … Read more
Millennials Mix Their Social Media Use, So Remember These 3 Things
By Eric B. Meyer Your Gen Y/Millennial employees love mixing business with pleasure online. At least that’s what this survey from Millenial Branding … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why Are We So Quick to Dismiss the Good, Old Résumé?
Want some shocking news? The Wall Street Journal reports that, “Many job seekers have long suspected their online employment applications disappear … Read more
Another Case to Watch in Debate Over the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act
By Brent A Cossrow The past year has produced noteworthy decisions from the Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals – and recent … Read more
Big Question After Monster Gets Battered: Where is Job Market Heading?
Monster is taking a battering on Wall Street after the company missed the earnings expectations of the financial markets and warned it may just break even … Read more
Following in Japan’s Footsteps: How a Lost Decade Could Impact Employers
Amid the chaos and clamour of the banking crisis, the recession and the ongoing Eurozone crisis, one troubling question is being asked – is the West about … Read more
3 Ways For HR to Avoid Unlawful, Overbroad Social Media Policies
By Eric B. Meyer The National Labor Relations Board announced yesterday that it had issued a second social-media report to help provide further guidance to … Read more
Politicizing Job Creators: Why It Won’t Help Create New Jobs
Ah, job creators. You know it is election season when the buzzwords fly like the mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades, and certainly the term job creators … Read more
Courts Say it Again: You Can’t Dig Through An Employee’s Facebook Account
By Eric B. Meyer You can’t “rummage at will” through employee Facebook accounts Well, at least that’s what a federal court recently … Read more