I keep hearing about companies that are increasingly struggling hiring the talent they need currently and for future growth. The one solution that … Read more
Appeals Court Upholds Right of Employees to Curse Their Boss On Facebook
By Eric B. Meyer Last year at about this time, I blogged about a case involving some employees who thought that their employer had underpaid them. So, they … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Now Everybody Wants to be the “Uber of Recruitment”
Apparently, the new marketing message for Talent Acquisition technology that I’m seeing here at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is to call … Read more
The Unbearable Vagueness of HR Analytics
HR is undergoing something of a revolution with the influx of analytics people. It’s true that compensation has always been steeped in numbers, but in … Read more
The Top 5 Reasons Why Employees Sue Their Boss
Why do people sue their boss? Most people would guess “money,” but that is dead wrong. I’m a plaintiff’s employment lawyer and over the last few years I’ve … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Who Should I Be Connecting With in Las Vegas?
By far the question I get asked most often at the HR Tech Conference in Las Vegas is, “Who should I connect with while I’m here?” Both vendors and … Read more
Tech Insights: The Trick to Helping Managers When Digging Into HR Analytics
Well-intentioned efforts to promote HR analytics can backfire. A common mistake is for HR to collect metrics and then, without further analysis, show the … Read more
HR Tech 2015: Awesome New HR Startups You Need to Know About
It’s that time a year again for one of my most favorite HR and talent acquisition conferences – the HR Technology Conference & Exhibition 2015! On the … Read more
Employee Handbooks Can Create Risk For the Company – Unless You Do Them Right
Many companies, especially smaller businesses, do not get the chance to update their employee handbook on a regular basis. That introduces risk to the … Read more
It Doesn’t Pay to Joke Around About the FMLA – or Employees Who Request It
By Eric B. Meyer I’ve heard the Family and Medical Leave Act referred to as the “Friday/Monday Leave Act.” Heck, I called it the Friday/Monday Leave Act … Read more