We both love, and love to hate, outsourcing. While nobody loves talking to someone on the other side of the world about a technical issue on their laptop, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Firing by Blackberry, Illegal Layoffs, and Dave Ulrich Speaks
I like to use Friday to catch up on things I might have missed during the past week, and if you’re like me, you do, too. That’s why I try to highlight some … Read more
Is Your Employees’ Health Their Own Private Matter?
My health is my affair, right? If I decide to stuff my face, never get off the couch, and chew tobacco until the cows come home, whose business is that but … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bias Verdict at LucasFilms, and No Jobs for Smokers
If you’re anything like me, you hope that Friday is a nice, quiet day without any drama or problems popping up. When that happens, it makes Friday an ideal … Read more
Should an Employee Get Punished or Lose Their Job for This Video?
Here’s the latest in the battle over whether you can control what your employees say about their company on social media – even if they don’t mention the … Read more
Top 10 Trends in Employment Background Screening
I’m still digging out of things that stacked up while I was off at the annual SHRM conference in San Diego last month, and here’s one of those things: the … Read more
Is Your Company Next? 10 Tips to Help Prepare for an ICE I-9 Audit
In June, the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a strategic plan for work site enforcement through fiscal … Read more
Improving Union Relations at GM? It’s an Ongoing Management Struggle
You don’t hear a lot about the auto industry bailout right now, not with the focus on health care reform, or the big Gulf oil spill, or any number of other … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Real-Life Michael Scott, a Safe Driver, and Same-Sex Benefits
With Fourth of July weekend just about upon us, I’m scrambling to catch-up on all I missed this week while attending the Society for Human Resource … Read more
Social Networking by Employees: Is It Any of Your Company’s Business?
By Paul Bressan and Jessie Reider Social networking — Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, blogs — has exploded. Never has information been … Read more