In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they are up here on this plaque. That line from the 1986 film Top Gun — a film about Navy aviators … Read more
No, We Actually Don’t Have a Shortage of Technical Talent
There have been ongoing debates for a decade or more over whether or not there is a talent shortage. If there were a real talent shortage we would have … Read more
“But the Employees Agreed to It” Is Not a Defense For Not Paying OT
By John E. Thompson Our recent “Pay Practice Myths” post cautioned that having an employee enter into an agreement that is contrary to the … Read more
Hourly Workers: An Often Overlooked, Underdeveloped Resource
Last week I had the good fortune to work with a very successful organization that has operated in the retail space for over 100 years. The average tenure … Read more
Court Ruling May Make You Rethink Taking on Unpaid Interns
By John E. Thompson We have repeatedly cautioned that employers who are prepared to take on unpaid interns should enter into these arrangements with their … Read more
Pay Practice Myths? They Can Leave You With a Big FLSA Problem
By John E. Thompson There has always been a great deal of mistaken conventional wisdom afoot where the federal Fair Labor Standards Act is concerned. We … Read more
Wages, Salaries & Overtime – Oh My! 4 Myths About Employee Pay
By David Hackett “We get up at 12 and start to work at 1! Take an hour for lunch and then, at 2, we’re done! Jolly good fun!” In the 1939 classic The … Read more
2013 College Grad Job Search Will Be a 2012 Repeat
With only days left before this year’s college seniors become alums, those who don’t already have jobs are going to find it as hard to find … Read more
Top Performers Produce 4x More Output and Higher Quality Referrals
Top performers have an incredibly high ROI Articles from academics don’t always provide practical lessons, but there have been two recent ones that … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Why Are We So Crazed About “Passive” Job Candidates?
I know what it is to be a “passive” job candidate. OK, so maybe I wasn’t really all that passive if you get right to it. But twice, I was … Read more