As employers try to minimize expenses under the health law, the Obama Administration has warned them against paying high-cost workers to leave the company … Read more
EEOC to Offer Employers Guidance on Wellness Programs
By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
Study: CHROs Are Crucial Allies For the CEO — and, Potential Successors
The Korn Ferry Institute recently released a report that looks at the leadership traits of “best-in-class” executives, and the important relationship … Read more
Yes, Sometimes Good Guys Actually Finish First
The good guys — companies that are good to employees, to customers and to their communities — keep winning. That’s the hopeful news we found as we compiled … Read more
Costco’s Call: Why Staying Closed on Thanksgiving is a Good Idea
Last year, Costco took a controversial stand by refusing to stay open during Thanksgiving, citing the need to dispel the trend of retailers opening earlier … Read more
Troubling Questions After Record $185 Million Discrimination Award
By Ashley Manfull Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that a former female manager of AutoZone can keep a … Read more
Weekly Wrap: With So Much Research to Read, You Gotta Pick and Choose
Most weeks, I get as many as a dozen whitepapers, research findings, survey results, and other polls and related data. Most of it is focused on talent … Read more
FMLA Interference: It’s Telling an Employee “Don’t Die at the Desk”
By Eric B. Meyer Telling an employee returning from open-heart surgery, “Don’t die at the desk” is bad. Very bad. Also, threatening to … Read more
Why Micromanagement Can Sometimes Be a Good Thing
On a flight home last week, I started thinking about the many different bosses I have had. From my first job stocking shelves at the local Wal-Mart to save … Read more
NLRB: Employees’ Profane Facebook Comments Aren’t Protected Activity
By Suellen Oswald After years of National Labor Relations Board decisions protecting employees’ profanity-laced tirades and outright threats against … Read more