Four years (give or take) into recruiting’s embrace of social media, it turns out that job boards are the most productive source of new hires. Where social … Read more
Working The Last Week of The Year: Is it a Boon or Bust For Productivity?
I’ve worked in between the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, no problem. I’ve also not worked during that time (and let the record show … Read more
The Challenges in Conducting International Employment Investigations
By Celia Joseph If you are a Human Resources or other manager at a multi-national company, it is likely that at times you receive complaints from employees … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Hiring in 2012? Temporary Is the New Permanent
Temporary is the new permanent. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal talked to Tig Gilliam, chief of staffing company Adecco North America, and Mr. … Read more
Does the Drop in Monster’s Stock Price Make it a Takeover Target?
With a stock price so low Monster is about to fall out of the S&P 500, there’s some very public speculation that the global employment advertising … Read more
The Roth 401(k)? Helping Employees Look Into That Crystal Ball
Will you be in a higher or lower tax bracket when you retire? This is the typical question asked of employees when they are faced with the decision to … Read more
Is There Really a Growing HR/Finance Partnership? New Survey Says Yes
As we move closer to implementing health care reform, here’s a new wrinkle that is a bit surprising. According to a new survey: “a tighter … Read more
When Your Employee Works OT on the QT, Must You Pay It?
By Eric B. Meyer That was the question that the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago faced in an opinion released yesterday. Here’s the … Read more
Labor Dept. Aggressively Pushing Initiative-Focused FLSA Enforcement
By John E. Thompson Recent U.S. Department of Labor news releases show something important about its current approach to enforcing the federal Fair Labor … Read more
Survey Shows That 2012 Hiring Plans Are (Finally) Starting to Look Up
Manpower says the U.S. hiring outlook for the first part of next year is the most positive since 2008. That’s not saying much, though. The quarterly … Read more