HR Management

Cupid among the cubicles: 37% have dated co-workers

02/14/2016

What do Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Brad Pitt have in common? All met their significant others at work. They’re also far from alone.

Should we acknowledge an employee’s resignation with some form of written documentation?

02/12/2016

Q. If an employee resigns, do I need to get them to sign a resignation letter?

Armed attack at work: Staff can fight back

02/04/2016

It’s a sad fact of life: Increasing numbers of employers have decided they must train workers how to respond to an active shooter assault on the workplace—but with a tactical twist.

How do employers help employees quit smoking?

02/02/2016

Employers use a number of ideas to try and break their workers’ smoking habits

The HR I.Q. Test: February ’16

02/01/2016

Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

Federal budget has treats, tricks for employers

01/29/2016

What do the EEOC, DOL and NLRB have in store with the $1.1 trillion budget bill passed just before the end of 2015?

Tie HR to business strategy with the right mission statement

01/29/2016

HR mission statements can inspire the workplace and increase support from senior management and executive leadership.

Use the right words when pointing employees to EAP

01/27/2016

When you mention to employees that the company has an EAP service, do so in a generic and consistent manner.

The painful truth: Prescription drug abuse on the rise at work

01/25/2016

Employee drug abuse continues to be the trend that just won’t go away. And it’s not just illegal drugs causing problems these days.

Where pot is legal, what happens when employees test positive?

01/18/2016

In states where recreational and medical marijuana is legal, 41% of employers have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who tests positive.