By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
25 Jobs to Target If You Have a Hire to Hurt Recruiting Strategy
Second of two parts If you want to maximize the amount of “hurt” you do to a competitor with a “Hire to Hurt” (or H2H for short) strategy as described … Read more
Study: CHROs Are Crucial Allies For the CEO — and, Potential Successors
The Korn Ferry Institute recently released a report that looks at the leadership traits of “best-in-class” executives, and the important relationship … Read more
Yes, Sometimes Good Guys Actually Finish First
The good guys — companies that are good to employees, to customers and to their communities — keep winning. That’s the hopeful news we found as we compiled … Read more
Tech Insights: Reducing Technology to a Yes or No Proposition
One of themes in this years’ HR Tech conference in Las Vegas was that vendors were more inclined to say their software was simple rather than say it was … Read more
Costco’s Call: Why Staying Closed on Thanksgiving is a Good Idea
Last year, Costco took a controversial stand by refusing to stay open during Thanksgiving, citing the need to dispel the trend of retailers opening earlier … Read more
Troubling Questions After Record $185 Million Discrimination Award
By Ashley Manfull Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that a former female manager of AutoZone can keep a … Read more
Weekly Wrap: With So Much Research to Read, You Gotta Pick and Choose
Most weeks, I get as many as a dozen whitepapers, research findings, survey results, and other polls and related data. Most of it is focused on talent … Read more
3 Things to Help Hold on to Recent College Graduates
In many ways, recent college graduates are the perfect candidates to hire. They’re young, fresh, and willing to learn. However, they also come with a … Read more
FMLA Interference: It’s Telling an Employee “Don’t Die at the Desk”
By Eric B. Meyer Telling an employee returning from open-heart surgery, “Don’t die at the desk” is bad. Very bad. Also, threatening to … Read more