By Steven Bernstein and James Walters For months now, the business community has been bracing for the implementation of two key pro-labor initiatives on … Read more
Re-Staffing With Retirees: One Way to Avoid a Talent Brain Drain
What’s old is new again, as companies rediscover retiree re-staffing as a way of retaining the experience and skills of their Baby Boomer workers. … Read more
Overusing Email: A Workplace Issue, But Not Something We Need to Ban
Email is the workhorse of the workplace. Despite the talk that Millennials and younger workers are moving away from it, email continues to be a powerful … Read more
Do You Need to Really Post That NLRB Employee Rights Poster?
By Eric B. Meyer I’ve beaten the subject to death on this blog. The National Labor Relations Board created a rule that will require most … Read more
Offering a Hand: Who in the Talent Pipeline Are You Helping to Pull Up?
“As she climbs up the ladder she has the other hand extended to bring someone else along.” I was watching Oprah’s Lifeclass the other day, and one of the … Read more
Weekly Wrap: What Do You Do When Your Non-Smokers Smoke?
Here’s an HR dilemma. See if you can figure out the correct response. Under your organization’s health plan, your company gets better rates if … Read more
Volunteers at Non-Profits: Yes, They Might Still Be Seen as an “Employee”
By John E. Thompson A few readers were surprised by our April 4 post’s caution (Unpaid Interns at Non-Profits: Is Having Them “Volunteer” … Read more
SHRM Survey Finds Employee Engagement Is a Key HR Challenge
Employee engagement ranks high on the list of human resource challenges, yet fewer than half the companies in a SHRM survey said they track it. Of those … Read more
California Court: Employers Aren’t Liable If Workers Don’t Take Breaks
Chalk this up as another one of those trend-setting legal rulings that come out of California and then ripple across the country. The California Supreme … Read more
Lines the Boss Should Never Cross? There’s No Good Advice in THIS List
Here’s a story that I came across this week at Forbes that caught even my cynical and jaded eye — Six Lines Your Boss Should Never Cross. Ok, … Read more