The unemployment rate plummeted in April to the lowest point in more than five years as the U.S. economy added an unexpectedly large 288,000 jobs during … Read more
Minimum Wage Bill Fails in Senate, But Don’t Expect Issue to Disappear
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, Senate supporters of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 2223) failed this week to garner the 60 votes needed to bring … Read more
What Keeps Recruiting Leaders Up at Night?
Last week, at the Spring ERE Recruiting Conference, Ron Mester unveiled some of the findings of the State of Recruiting Survey conducted recently by ERE … Read more
What Is Work? The Supreme Court’s Decision Will Sort It Out
By Carolyn A. Pellegrini “I have to go to work.” “Work was tough today.” “I don’t get paid enough for the work I do.” We make these or similar statements, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Here’s What Great Employers REALLY Do
I’ve been thinking a lot about great employers lately, probably because I attended the Great Place to Work annual conference in New Orleans last … Read more
U.S. Senate Once Again Rejects Paycheck Protection Act
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, U.S. Senate supporters of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 2199) failed to muster the 60 votes needed to advance the bill … Read more
A New Fad: States, Local Governments Hiking the Minimum Wage
By Gregory Hanscom A centerpiece of President Obama’s current legislative agenda is raising the federal minimum wage. While many doubt a bill raising the … Read more
What Does Talent Want? A Strong Brand and a Great Place to Work
A look at LinkedIn’s recently released Talent Trends 2014 report provides some interesting data about what’s on the minds of today’s professional … Read more
The Disinformation Surrounding the “Tipped-Employee Minimum Wage”
By John E. Thompson A White House report promoting a substantial jump in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s minimum wage perpetuates now widely … Read more
Is OSHA’s Temp Worker Initiative Foreshadowing Things To Come?
I support OSHA’s temporary worker focus. Employers need to take more steps to ensure that temporary employees don’t fall through the cracks and do not … Read more