With the potential for whistle-blowing employees to reap hundreds of thousands, even millions, in bounties for reporting securities violations, companies … Read more
Coping With a Social Media Policy in a Unionized Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Do you have a unionized workforce? If you have a social-media policy, it should not expressly restrict employees’ rights to discuss … Read more
When I Learned Firsthand Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs
“You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams. You’d trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene.” –Billy Squier, “In the Dark” I was wet behind the ears. … Read more
Where Do Young Workers Want to Work? No Surprise – It Starts With a G
This hardly comes as a big shock, but guess where the younger generation wants to work? If you said Google, Apple and Facebook, you win the prize. The Wall … Read more
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Health Care Mandate
As predicted, the U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear a challenge to the health-care overhaul act passed in 2010, “with a decision on President … Read more
6 Things You Must Know About Social Media and Your Workforce
By Eric B. Meyer Cisco just completed this study, which shows just how much social media, device freedom, and mobile work means to the next generation. … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How Would You Deal With a Painfully Outspoken Employee?
Good talent management wisdom can be hard to find. That’s why I appreciate so much of the sound advice that Liz Ryan dispenses in her column over at … Read more
Post-Employment Acts Don’t Create a Hostile Work Environment
By Eric B. Meyer When Krysten Overly, a financial advisor at a bank, told her male boss that she was resigning, Overly claims that he grabbed … Read more
5 Assumptions About Work-Life Flexibility That Are Absolutely Wrong
Employers may not know as much about work-life flexibility as they think, according to a report from the Families and Work Institute and the Society for … Read more
What If You Forget to Tell an Employee About FMLA Leave?
By Eric B. Meyer If you have 50 or more employees, you must abide by the Family and Medical Leave Act. The FMLA affords up to 12 work weeks of leave in a … Read more