By Theresa M. Welbourne, PhD This series of articles on Fast HRM is devoted to the goal of starting a movement to speed up the delivery of HRM tools and … Read more
One In Three Employees Believe They Are Overqualified For Their Job
In news that should hardly be surprising, a third of employees believe they are overqualified for their current job according to a study commissioned by … Read more
Business Owner and His Job Foreman Each Go To Jail For Worker’s Death
The owner and the foreman of a roofing company have each been sentenced to one-year jail terms because they did not put protection measures in place that … Read more
Workplace Ethics: As Jim Tressel Shows, How You Handle It Counts
Another leader of a multi-million program is out due to ethics violations but this time, it isn’t in Corporate America. Ohio State University … Read more
Should an Employee Buy Life Insurance with Their Retirement Plan?
I recently got a call from an employee who wanted to know if it made sense to use some of his retirement plan funds to purchase a life insurance policy. My … Read more
Oh Canada! Getting Tough on Permits for Americans Working in Canada
By Shannon Stevenson Gone are the days when an employer could send its U.S. citizen employees to the Canadian border with a passport and a simple … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The Tide Seems to Have Turned For Social Media on the Job
I’m a sucker for research and data, and I write a lot about surveys that strike me as particularly interesting or insightful. Here’s another … Read more
Court Upholds Arizona’s E-Verify Law, Penalties for Using Unauthorized Workers
By Jessica Cook and Kim Thompson This week (May 26, 2011) the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s 2007 immigration law that requires all employers to … Read more
Beyond the Big IPO: What Should Be the Next Move For LinkedIn?
Now that the rush on LinkedIn IPO shares has come and gone, many people are going to start talking about what they do next with the influx of cash. Many … Read more
Age Bias at Work: As This Case Shows, There’s a High Standard to Meet
By Eric B. Meyer A 51-year-old auto-parts specialist with lupus, fibromyalgia, diabetes and arthritis, claimed that his 29-year-old co-worker called him an … Read more