HR Management

Prevent training misfires with follow-up

05/08/2018

Training isn’t enough. Without careful follow-up, your training efforts may backfire—badly! Consider what happened in early May at Albertsons, the national grocery store chain.

Unemployment, labor force participation near historic lows

05/08/2018

Good news and bad news from the April unemployment report.

Rule requiring employees to speak only English at work may be race discrimination

05/07/2018

Take note if you have rules against speaking languages other than English at work: That could constitute race discrimination under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Policy alone won’t fend off harassment suit

05/03/2018

You may think having a solid sexual harassment policy is all it takes to thwart a sexual harassment lawsuit. Not if the policy isn’t being followed!

Snapshot: Millennials are largest generation in the labor force

05/01/2018

Millennials—born between 1983 and 2000—make up more than one-third of the workforce.

Would you give up social media for a 10% raise?

04/30/2018

A survey of 1,200 Americans by LendEDU asked what they’d give up or do exchange for a 10% raise on their annual salary.

Software could streamline criminal checks

04/26/2018

A San Francisco-based software company called Checkr has obtained $100 million in startup funds for software that lets employers quickly run criminal background checks on job applicants.

Foreign students bypassing U.S. universities to study elsewhere

04/24/2018

The United States’ loss is Australia’s and Canada’s gain, according to preliminary data from the Institute of International Education.

HR field ranks high in survey of job potential

04/24/2018

There’s good news for some HR pros in a new study by WalletHub, a company that provides personal finance tools and advice.

Establish process for verifying employment

04/17/2018

Verification of employment requests are not difficult to process, but you do need a formal system for responding to them.