Earlier this month, we heard about some of the extraordinary counter-offers that Google was making to its departing employees (specifically engineers). In … Read more
Can You Use a Mob Statute on a Worker Who Takes Confidential Info?
By Reyburn W. Lominack III So the former employee who walked out the door with your company’s “secret recipe” is not in the mob. Does that mean the … Read more
The Latest You Should Know About Managing Health Care Reform
Little by little we’re learning more about the complex piece of legislation called the PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). Over the … Read more
Is Social Recruiting Maturing As A Technique?
Earlier this week, I attended the #socialrecruiting summit put on by ERE (TLNT’s parent company). I know I’m biased, but the event itself is … Read more
No Surprise Here: Double-Digit Health Care Increases Expected Next Year
* See updates below. It’s not exactly a news flash that health care is expensive, so it won’t come as a big surprise to most that, despite all the noise … Read more
What Can You Do to Create a Welcoming Work Environment?
By Jim Hasse A worker with a disability needs no more or no less respect (a sense of dignity) than does any other employee. Neither avoid him nor heap … Read more
Ask the HR Pro: Are Tattoos, Piercings, and Flip-Flops Acceptable in the Workplace?
Want to know how other managers and HR Pros would deal with a sticky workplace issue? This is an ongoing feature where we take a workplace or HR-related … Read more
It’s Time for Oracle to Update Its Code of Conduct and Values
Last week, Oracle announced that it had hired Mark Hurd as one of the software giant’s presidents and a member of its Board of Directors. The move came a … Read more
Survey Finds Where Bosses Fail – and What Workers Say is Most Important
When CareerBuilder asked workers which TV bosses most reminded them of their own boss, it wasn’t much of a surprise to find American Idol‘s Simon Cowell … Read more
Mercer Survey: Employers Pushing to Keep 2011 Benefits Increase Under 6%
How much of an increase in benefit costs are employers willing to absorb next year? Would you believe it’s now up to 5.9 percent? A new survey … Read more