When a company like IBM makes a big, ground-breaking employee benefits change, a lot of people sit up and notice. That’s why The Wall Street Journal … Read more
What Happens When HR Says Employee Firing Was FMLA Retaliation?
By Eric B. Meyer Here’s a new one: HR testifies that an employee firing was FMLA retaliation (yes, you read that right). Better settle the case, … Read more
December Jobs Report Surprises With More Hiring, Lower Unemployment
Confounding predictions of mediocre new hiring and a rise in unemployment, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that 148,000 new jobs were added to the … Read more
Getting Out of the Comfort Zone: Why New Job Experiences Make Sense
Ten years in your current role? You’re stale. And stagnant. Your resume probably reads like a job description. When recruiters and hiring managers stop … Read more
Would Your Poor Employee Engagement Turn Off Investors?
How effective are efforts in the United Kingdom to make employee engagement a nationwide concern through its Engage for Success initiative? This article … Read more
Here’s Why You Need to Rethink the Notion That Micromanagement Is Bad
Last of five parts By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith Micromanagement has gotten a bad rap over the years, because it conjures up images of the big … Read more
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Compensation (in One Simple Post)
Let me start by saying I don’t really understand Compensation Pros. Seems like a lot of spreadsheets, market analysis, internal analysis, 48-72 hours of … Read more
Real Estate Trumps HR, BYOD, and Other Trends You’ll See in 2013
Editor’s note: It’s never too early to make a forecast about 2013. So, consider this one of many predictions about what may await us when the … Read more
Do Your Employees Know That Preventive Health Care is Free?
Researchers have known that members of high-deductible health plans, a rapidly growing type of coverage, seem to get less preventive care than people who … Read more
Cash is King, But Here Are 3 Reasons Why it Doesn’t Motivate Employees
I’ve written often about why cash not a good method for motivating employees (including my post yesterday as well as these older ones on cash bonuses … Read more