HR Management

Techies think tech is way cooler than you do

04/03/2014

Perhaps it’s no surprise, but people who do IT for a living have a more favorable view than other Americans of technology’s benefits. A Harris poll revealed these attitudes about the power and potential of technology.

University officials alone give themselves an A+

04/03/2014

Only 11% of business leaders and 14% of the public believe universities adequately prepare graduates for work. That’s a different view than higher ed chief academic officers have.

Can an HR professional have personal liability for employment decisions?

03/31/2014

Q. As an HR professional, do I have personal liability for my participation in employment decisions?

Lessons from LEAP 2014

03/31/2014

From March 12 to 14, hundreds of HR professionals from across the country gathered at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the HR Specialist’s annual Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices (LEAP) Symposium. Here are some nuggets of wisdom from the event.

Uncle Sam abruptly cancels huge overhaul of feds’ HR systems

03/28/2014

The federal Office of Personnel Management has pulled the plug on a massive five-year, $5 billion HR project that would have revamped the government’s system for managing HR processes and training civil servants.

When employee brings frivolous suit, demand recovery of your attorney fees

03/27/2014

Here’s some good news for employers facing a clearly frivolous lawsuit: The employee bringing the lawsuit may find himself on the hook for the employer’s legal fees. That only seems fair since employers often have to foot the bill for an employee’s successful lawsuit.

Web turns 25! 87% of us could go online to look it up

03/26/2014

The World Wide Web turned 25 on March 12. Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s 1989 invention transformed the Internet from the geeky domain of techies and scientists into a tool for the masses.

The free-range office concept: Will it catch on?

03/24/2014

How would your employees respond if you took away their desks, their filing cabinets—even their own private offices? At the Los Angeles headquarters of CBRE Group, even the CEO has no home base within the office. The goal: reduce rent costs by using office space more efficiently, attract tech-savvy workers who are weaned on wireless and create an atmosphere of better collaboration.

Create a strong workplace ‘health culture’

03/24/2014

Employees who believe they work in an organization with a strong “health culture” perceive themselves as healthier and are more likely to change unhealthy behaviors, according to a new study.

Train & track: The secret to preventing and beating harassment lawsuits

03/20/2014

Employers aren’t required to prevent every moment of harassment in their workplaces—just to stop harassment whenever it occurs and to take reasonable preventive steps. Two of those: Providing anti-harassment training to every employee and tracking who gets that training.