Earlier this week, amidst all the Valentine’s Day-themed surveys and pitches, I got something interesting from XpertHR, the website that provides … Read more
5 Things Employers Need to Know About the Fair Credit Reporting Act
It’s not easy to keep up with the legal trends in employment background screening. One of those trends is the recent wave of lawsuits being filed against … Read more
President Signs Order Hiking Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors
By David J. Goldstein As he promised to do in his State of the Union address, President Obama today signed an Executive Order establishing a minimum wage … Read more
Comp Study Says Companies Are Expecting Good Things in 2014
PayScale has just released its 2014 Compensation Best Practices Report, and I was asked to take a look because (full disclosure) PayScale is a client. … Read more
Whole Foods Hit With Class Action Over Background Screening Process
Whole Foods Market was just inducted into a growing club where no one wants to be a member. The giant food retailer is the latest target of a class action … Read more
HR’s No. 1 Workplace Concern: Would You Believe ‘Everything?”
We recently asked the following question: What one thing that concerns you most about the world of work in 2014? Several hundred of you took the time to … Read more
The Message Behind the Demise of Aon Hewitt Canada’s Rewards Practice
Aon Hewitt has laid-off its reward consultants in Canada while retaining other parts of its HR consulting practice. While this sort of thing is common in … Read more
“Labor Buyer’s Market” Helps Keep Temp Worker Growth Flat in 2013
Temp labor reached new heights last year as employers ratcheted up the use of contract workers ending the year with 2.8 million temp employees, a 7.9 … Read more
Lessons From an HR-Challenged CEO: Sorting Out the Mess at AOL
America Online is making some poor employment-branding choices again. Last August, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong (right) publicly fired an executive while on a … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How IBM Kenexa is Jumping Big Time Into Big Data
Last month, I was in Orlando at the annual IBM Connect conference. Last year, this event was the “coming out” party for Kenexa, which had just … Read more