“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson For the past several years, I’ve reviewed and … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Is This the New Way to Give a Performance Review?
I have never, ever been a big fan of performance reviews. Well, maybe that’s not entirely accurate. What I meant to say is that I pretty much hate … Read more
WellPoint Says It Sees Small Businesses Dropping Health Care Coverage
As the nation prepares to roll out the next phase of Obamacare, the second biggest medical insurer said Wednesday that it expects to lose members in health … Read more
Study Shows That Older Workers Face “Subtle Bias” in the Workplace
By Eric B. Meyer Under federal law, the bar is set higher for proving age discrimination, as opposed to other forms of unlawful discrimination based on … Read more
New Study Finds That HR’s C-Suite Influence is Increasing — a Lot
Every once in a while, I get a survey that serves up so much information that it becomes really difficult to simply characterize it in an article or blog … Read more
Shooting Ourselves in the Foot: It’s Not an Effective Engagement Strategy
Recent headlines from Gallup proclaiming that college-educated Americans are less engaged on the job than other cohorts may have spurred some conversation … Read more
Is There a Big Shortage of American Engineers? A New Study Says No
The drumbeat has been loud and long, and it always comes down to the same issue: we have a huge shortage of engineering and other skilled talent here in … Read more
Fed Economists: 2 More Years Before U.S. Labor Market Returns to Normal
Unless new economic shocks upset the rate of improvement, it will take at least two more years before the U.S. labor market returns to its historic norms. … Read more
Courts Find That Tagged Facebook Photos Are Fair Game in Legal Actions
By Eric B. Meyer More litigants are requesting that their adversaries produce social media evidence in legal actions. Often this information is reasonably … Read more
Top Company Official Held Personally Liable For Violations Under FLSA
By Ted Boehm A recent decision by the New York-based Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a reminder that individual business owners and management … Read more