The HR Specialist

03/31/2025

Balancing contrasting expectations presents a challenge for HR departments, especially when benefits budgets are tight.

03/31/2025

Recent analysis from The Conference Board, the nonprofit economic and business think tank, reveals that prioritizing talent retention delivers substantial cost savings compared to constant recruitment efforts. The board’s report urges HR leaders looking to boost retention to focus on four key drivers.

03/31/2025

Employees don’t always get along—and you can’t force them to actually like each other. Take solace in the fact that unless workplace animosity creates a truly hostile environment, allegations of discrimination or harassment won’t succeed in court unless an employee can prove that a co-worker targeted him because of protected characteristics such as race, gender, religion or national origin.

03/28/2025

As an HR professional, you know you must provide anti-harassment training. Otherwise, your employer faces potentially costly liability, because one of the key defenses against harassment lawsuits is the ability to prove you took reasonable steps to prevent harassment and put an end to it if it does occur.

03/17/2025

In some cases, it is reasonable to expect ICE agents will conduct workplace raids to identify and detain workers who lack authorization to work in the United States. Here’s how to prepare for a possible immigration enforcement blitz.

02/28/2025

Always document disciplinary decisions the moment you make them—and before you tell the employee. That way, you can successfully argue that you could not have retaliated against the employee because the decision was made before you knew about their request.