By Eric Chester “Capability doesn’t have anything to do with reliability. Some people don’t have as much capability as others have, but they make up for … Read more
Protecting an Employee’s Pre-Eligibility FMLA Request: What You Need to Do
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2005, a Pennsylvania federal court recognized in this opinion that an employee’s FMLA rights become sacrosanct upon … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Is Your Screening Process Delivering the Best Potential Employees?
Here’s an interesting excerpt from an online forum: Do you use automated, electronic applicant screening programs? If you do, you are REQUIRING your … Read more
HR Roundtable: How Do You Handle Difficult Employees?
Why not start the year tackling a subject that’s near and dear to HR hearts? We decided to kick off 2012 for the HR Roundtable in Cincinnati by talking … Read more
Why Don’t Non-Compete Agreements Seem to Apply to Football Coaches?
By Michael P. Elkon In the realm of examining whether non-compete provisions should be used in particular professions, this article by Clay Travis asks an … Read more
Why Girl Scout Cookie Season Is Something I Could Do Without
Editor’s Note: With Girl Scout cookie season back in full swing, we thought you would appreciate us republishing this TLNT Classic article from … Read more
An Open Letter to HR Executives: I’ve Got Your Back With HR Technology
Dear Sir/Madam, We may not have met, but I’ve got your back. I’m on your side when it comes to using effective HRM practices and business rules to drive … Read more
Pay Boundaries: Do They Empower Employees — or Just Frustrate Them?
One of the challenges in compensation design and management is building programs that reward workers fairly, competitively and in ways that engage them in … Read more
More Proof Why Workers Don’t Necessarily Need to Retire at Age 65
I read a wonderful story last week about the longest serving nurse in Michigan, Dorthe Canty, who is retiring at the ripe old age of 89! Having worked in a … Read more
10 Employee Engagement-Destroying Perceptions You Cannot Afford
If you want to improve employee engagement, boost employee morale, and maximize employee productivity, you cannot simply do the “right things.” It’s not … Read more