Workers who have slogged through the Great Recession and the not-so-great recovery — and managed to stay employed — are a resilient bunch. … Read more
HR Roundtable: Should HR Be Selling and Marketing, Too?
Chip Ramsey, who works in sales for Everstaff, filled in this month for Steve. With such a great crowd, a great topic and a great discussion, it was … Read more
Former Unpaid Intern’s Lawsuit Gets Approval For Class Action Status
By John E. Thompson As we reported earlier, a former Harper’s Bazaar unpaid intern is pursuing a lawsuit against publisher the Hearst Corporation in … Read more
More Views on What It Takes to Truly Engage Employees
I, among many others, write fairly often about employee engagement. Indeed, the importance of strategic, social employee recognition to creating a company … Read more
Three Reasons Good Recruiters are Good at Recruiting
I was reminded this past week that recruiting is very hard. No, it’s not hard to post a job on your careers page and wait for a resume that you won’t … Read more
Are Fewer Employers Using Employment Background Checks?
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) just published an eye-opening study on employers use of employee background checks. The big takeaway that … Read more
Nasty Racial Slurs in the Office? Court Says They Don’t Prove Bias
By Eric B. Meyer What if I told you that a female black employee was called “monkey” and “nappy head Raggedy Ann” at work? What if … Read more
Olympic Security Shortfall: Lessons From a Workforce Planning Nightmare
It looks like a blunder of Olympic-sized proportions. Last week, the British government announced that G4S, the company responsible for providing security … Read more
Court Rejects Enforcement of FLSA Breast Milk Break Requirement
By John E. Thompson An Iowa federal court has dismissed a worker’s claim which alleged that her employer failed to comply with the federal Fair Labor … Read more
5 Ways to Revamp Recruitment to Deal With Realities of a Shaky Job Market
The recent jobs report doesn’t quite offer enough to cheer about. Payrolls expanded by a mere 80,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate remained … Read more