We’ve heard warnings about how our workforce is disengaged and being artificially kept in jobs due to fear of changing employers. And, we’ve … Read more
Mercer on Health Benefit Costs: They’ve Gone Up 6.9% in 2010
The year 2010 may be rapidly winding down, but the accounting of health care costs continues. This is especially true in the wake of the passage of health … Read more
How a Prevention Plan Can Reduce Risks for You AND Your Employees
U.S. Preventive Medicine was part of our Employer panel at October’s Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, a wonderful event that showcases the latest in … Read more
Are We Really Surprised? NLRB Takes on Facebook Comments
By Gerald F. Lutkus Are we really surprised? We all knew it would come. Sooner or later the “New NLRB” was going to focus on social networking policies and … Read more
Fast and Accurate HR? Research Shows It’s a Big Competitive Advantage
If you ask a group of HR professionals whether they think HR should go faster, you get mixed results. Half the group is excited about the idea, and they … Read more
Do Your Employees Really Need a Smart Phone Health App?
I need a health app, so said a client. Why? I asked. Some employees are asking for them, the client said. Mobile health applications are the new sexy. … Read more
Resumes Are Like Wine
In response to my post last year about the deficiencies in the search capability of many Applicant Tracking Systems, a few people commented to the fact … Read more
Beyond the Board Chair’s Memo: What Got SHRM so Hot and Bothered?
See two (2) updates below. Here’s a good question: Just what was it that got the Board of the Society for Human Resource Management so worked up? … Read more
Palace Intrigue at SHRM: What is Really Behind the Board Chair’s Memo?
Leave it to SHRM, the Society for Human Resource management, to never, ever do anything simple. Below is a memo from Robb Van Cleave, chairman of the SHRM … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Google Pay Raises, and Writing an Artful Resignation Letter
It doesn’t take a workplace savant to figure this out, but no place on the planet operates quite like Silicon Valley. Normal employer-employee practices … Read more