Two proposals from the Federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs, now open for public comment, seek to require federal contractors and their subs to … Read more
5 Reasons Your Employees Are Not Saving for Retirement
Why don’t employees save for retirement? It’s a question many employers ask themselves. Findings from initial research by Buck Consultants, through its … Read more
How Does HR Look Without Benefits? With 30% Dropping Them, We’ll Find Out
If you (like me) always found health care benefits’ odd pairing with human resources problematic, you might soon see what it could look like without … Read more
Pay Fairness: It’s Both Complicated AND Hard For Companies to Define
By Ann Bares What does it mean to be rewarded fairly? I would submit that this is one of the biggest and most loaded questions of our time. Just look at … Read more
Recruiting Myth #3: If We Make Jobs Hard to Get, People Won’t Apply
Editor’s Note: Humetrics CEO Mel Kleiman has been helping employers standardize and systemize the way they recruit, select, and retain frontline hourly … Read more
Affirmative Action for Unemployed Workers: Will This Approach Work?
By John A. Gallagher Over the past month, I have seen numerous studies discussing the abundance of jobs being posted online. Just today, I read that there … Read more
Discriminating Against Unemployed Workers? There Ought to Be a Law
By John A. Gallagher This article from the Huffington Post is stunning, and makes clear to me that companies are actively avoiding hiring unemploymed … Read more
State of Talent Management: You Need to Get Your Senior Managers Engaged
Wonder about the state of talent management as the economy struggles to recover after the deep recession? Here’s how a new survey views it: Our … Read more
Tips and Fluctuating Workweek Scrutinized in DOL’s Final FLSA Ruling
By Patricia F. Weisberg The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s final rule amending the agency’s Fair Labor Standards Act regulations took … Read more
Will New NFL Labor Deal Include Social Media Restrictions for Players?
By Eric B. Meyer I’m guessing that social media is not at the top of either side’s list of demands in the current National Football League … Read more