Baltimore is the latest major U.S. city to “ban the box.” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to sign a controversial bill that prohibits both … Read more
Motivating Millennials: It’s About Pay, a Fair Say, and Solid Management
Maybe Millennials are more grown up than people think. That’s the takeaway from a study recently conducted at workplace research site Great Rated, … Read more
Employers to Stop Offering Health Coverage? The Idea Is Gaining Speed
What if employers started giving workers a chunk of cash to buy health insurance on their own instead of offering them a chance to buy into the company … Read more
Tech Insights: When HR Approaches Data the Way Marketing Does
HR analytics usually looks at numbers, but unfortunately, a lot of relevant information is not numeric. To understand textual data, our friends in … Read more
Minimum Wage Bill Fails in Senate, But Don’t Expect Issue to Disappear
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, Senate supporters of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 2223) failed this week to garner the 60 votes needed to bring … Read more
What Is Work? The Supreme Court’s Decision Will Sort It Out
By Carolyn A. Pellegrini “I have to go to work.” “Work was tough today.” “I don’t get paid enough for the work I do.” We make these or similar statements, … Read more
Living the Brand: Infusing Employees With a Greater Purpose
This is from China Gorman: I love Southwest! ?#?SWA?. The pilot of our flight to Orlando just approached them sitting next to me with two extreme special … Read more
If Google Doesn’t Care About Hiring Top Graduates, Should You?
By all other accounts, you probably aim to hire the best people for your organization. This includes targeting those who went to elite universities, were … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Here’s What Great Employers REALLY Do
I’ve been thinking a lot about great employers lately, probably because I attended the Great Place to Work annual conference in New Orleans last … Read more
Hong Kong: Workplace Policies That Embrace the Best of East AND West
By Alice Wang Hong Kong is not just a pivotal financial center of Greater Asia with soaring towers and enigmatic business opportunities; it also embraces … Read more