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
Twitter in the Workplace: 4 Lose Their Jobs, 1 Saved From Death Row
By Eric B. Meyer Is there anything that Twitter can’t do? Twitter, make me a sandwich! Anyway, today I have the news of three congressional aides who … Read more
Can An Employer Really Discriminate Against an Obese Employee?
By Eric B. Meyer There is no federal law that specifically prohibits obesity discrimination. But is the Americans with Disabilities Act broad enough to … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Do Real Managers Really Resist the Urge to Fire?
As a long-time manager, I’ve written a lot about how firing an employee is one of the toughest and most difficult things a manager ever has to do. … Read more