The Pros and Cons of Holiday Parties
Almost everyone looks forward to the holiday parties that are popular during this season. Such gatherings afford companies a way to boost morale by thanking workers for their service and provide an atmosphere where employees can have fun in a purely social setting. For human resource professionals, however, holiday parties can lend themselves to an […]
Don’t Let Employees Abuse FMLA Claims
FMLA or the Family Medical Leave Act was put into place for employees to be able to take care of themselves or ailing family members without facing repercussions from their employers. It has been a godsend to those who have truly needed it. However, there may be times when an employee might try to abuse […]
HR Sticklers Lead to Stories
A benefits package can be important to any new hire or potential employee you are trying to work for you. Unfortunately, problems can arise for workers and their families over things such as insurance. According to a recent story in Computer World,a worker who had signed on with a prominent pharmaceutical company and after he […]
New Site Launched for Employee Whistleblowing to Federal Agencies
Today’s worker not only is concerned with their rights within the workplace, they are more likely than ever to know what those rights are and know where to go if they feel that they are being treated unfairly on the job. In spite of this trend toward today’s employees being aware what their rights […]
Is Using Social Media For Hiring Discriminatory?
Concerns have been raised by the EEOC about the use of big data when employers make hiring decisions. At issue is whether or not the use of social media may have an impact on protected classes or groups of job seekers. Jon Hyman, a partner at Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis in Cleveland in an […]
Attracting Talent Tips for the Digital Job Market
For most businesses, it can be a challenge to attract and keep top talent. Getting the word out when you’re hiring is important; especially in today’s job market. When marketing your company to job seekers it pays to have a plan. Here are some tips offered in a recent article at the Tech.Co website designed […]
Looking into Big Data Vendors for HR
Like most aspects of business, big data is taking over many functions within the corporate work arena. Even the functions traditionally performed by HR departments are being addressed through algorithms and analysis. Using big data in the area of human resource management doesn’t come without risks, however. In order to avoid running afoul of discrimination […]
Lack of Logged Hours Poses Problems for New Overtime Rules
The deadline for the Department of Labor’s overtime exemption rule is coming up quickly. There is still a question as to whether or not companies and their HR departments will be ready for the change. In a recent survey of 27,0000 employees, 36% of those said that they do not input the number of hours […]
Women Still Underrepresented at the Executive Level
A new study conducted by executive research firm, Korn Ferry, indicates that women are still underrepresented at the executive level. While there is a disparity that currently exists in the top ranks of industries which include those in IT, Marketing, and financial companies, there is an exception where women make up better than half of […]
Mandatory Retirements Could Get EEOC Attention
Forcing employees into mandatory retirement when they reach a certain age could land a company into some serious trouble with the federal government. That kind of trouble is exactly what one Colorado hospital has found itself in after the EEOC filed a lawsuit against them for age discrimination. The lawsuit alleges that the hospital in […]
Handling Lawsuits Involving HR
In a $250 million class-action gender bias lawsuit filed against Merck & Company, a New Jersey federal mandate judge ordered the company to produce all employment and compensation data for all of its sales representatives that worked for the company between mid-2009 and December 1st, 2010. No human resources professional ever wants to be in […]
Is Cloud-Based HR The Way of the Future?
Today more than ever, businesses turning to cloud technology to operations they once had onsite servers for. The cloud is now filling a wide range of applications in businesses of all sizes to store company records and sensitive HR information on employees. The realm of cloud technology offers a newfound flexibility and increased efficiency in […]
Zika Causing Business Travelers Pause
Whether traveling for business or for pleasure, the Zika virus has many reconsidering and even altering their travel plans. Companies whose workers are required to travel both internationally and domestically are right to be concerned about the spread of the virus for those who work in high-risk types of jobs. According to Suzanne Fahl, HR […]
Aetna Re-evaluates Obamacare (ACA) Involvement
On Tuesday, Aetna announced that it will be canceling its ObamaCare expansion plans for 2017. The company further said it is looking at “a complete evaluation” of its current exchange footprint. Currently, Aetna runs ObamaCare plans in 15 states and had been planning to join an additional five more state exchanges. The brakes have been […]
HR Moves to the Cloud
Nearly every company is looking to find ways to lower operational costs and increase their bottom line. One of the ways that organizations are achieving this is through the utilization of cloud technology in their HR departments. According to a new research report released by Mercer, HR departments that use the new technologies are able […]
Read the Fine Print Before Choosing a Company Records Manager
It can be tempting when choosing a way to manage employee records to go for the least expensive or the best-known option available. That isn’t always the wisest choice and can leave your employees frustrated and your company holding the bag. That was the case for CEO and founder of non-profit Whole Whale, George Weiner. […]
Thinking About Family Leave
When it comes to the matter of family leave for any reason it’s hard to strike a balance for what is considered fair toward employees and what may place an undue hardship on the operations of a business. Some companies have in place specific amounts of time that an employee can take medical leave under […]
Not Hearing Back From Interviewers Raises Ire
A common complaint among job candidates today is not because of a rigorous interview or background check. The biggest complaint among applicants, according to a recent study from Future Workplace and Career Arc, is because after an interview, they simply never hear back. Up to 60 percent of applicants in the study said that they […]
Surviving Office Politics
No matter how long you have been out in the workplace, some days it can feel a little bit like you’re swimming in shark infested waters. It seems that there is definitely no shortage of books or articles that offer advice on how to avoid or at least successfully navigate the office politics which can […]
Hiring when the Work Culture is Poor
Human resource professionals spend a great deal of their time talking about their company’s culture. It’s their job try to promote the so-called culture of the company to draw the best talent. This is harder than it may seem. Today, most employees are looking for the next step. 3 out of every 4 employees are […]
More Workers Staying Beyond Retirement
Not every person who sees the magical age of 60 looming before them has plans for retiring. For some, they either don’t want to retire or cannot afford to do so. Outside of the United States, in Singapore, for example, workers over 60 years of age has increased from 57% in 2009 to 65% in […]
The Merging of HR and IT
The face of corporations is changing to adapt to the current, more digitally-focused world. Some might believe that streamlining operations means doing more with fewer employees, but that’s not necessarily the case. In a recent article that appeared on the Third Sector website, John Simcock, charity director at Eduserve, cited that merging the departments of […]
Advice on Leveraging Social Media from SHRM
It’s no secret that social media is playing an ever-increasing role in how employers and recruiters find candidates. Human resource professionals know that online communities, personal blogs and other platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn can be used to find candidates or to advertise job openings. Social media is also a great way for the […]
Cyberbullying in the Workplace can lead to Tragedy
Almost anyone can cite a time in their life when they worked in a less-than-ideal or even hostile work environment. In some rare instances, what seems like simple tension in the workplace can have devastating results. That is what happened in the case of a 31-year old Virginia firefighter, whose body was found last month […]
Credit Check Ban may be Hurting more than Harming
While the passing of laws that banned the use of credit checks during the hiring process have been put into place into a number of states, according to a recent report from an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank and an educator at Harvard University, those laws could be hurting the very people they were […]