In response to my post on “HR Should Be Paying Attention to Analysts,” a Twitter connection ask me about going to conferences. Specifically, about how to sell senior leadership on attending a conference.
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February 2015
A California appellate court recently confirmed that employees need not exhaust administrative remedies before pursuing most state Labor Code claims, even those accruing prior to the enactment of Labor Code Section 244(a), which expressly states there is no administrative exhaustion requirement. The decision brings clarity to an area of law noted for its split of authority.
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News Updates
February 27, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Justices Try to Define Religious Accommodation Standard
By Joanne Deschenaux 2/26/2015
News Updates
February 27, 2015
A brick tossed through the window with the note “I quit” sent a pretty clear message.
So did the sugar-coated message from another employee—a cake with a resignation letter written in icing on top.
Then there was the worker who couldn’t be bothered with composing an entire letter and left a sticky note to announce he was quitting.
News Updates
February 26, 2015
By Hannah Weiss
How has assistive technology changed disability employment? One word comes to mind: dramatically! Assistive technology has forever changed the employment possibilities for people with disabilities. Many new gadgets and applications make employment possible for people with disabilities, when it wasn’t conceivable before.
February 26, 2015
On February 25, @shrmnextchat chatted with Janine Truitt (@CzarinaofHR) about HR 2025.
In case you missed it, here are all the great predictions for the workplace, the workforce and for the human resources profession:
February 25, 2015
By Hank Jackson
The front cover of an old issue of Personnel Administrator (the precursor to HR Magazine) reads: “If we must single out one priority, it would be legislation affecting productivity. We must also work toward breaking down the adversary relationship between labor and management.”
February 25, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
News Updates
February 25, 2015
By Joe Abusamra
Leaders and managers -- stop what you’re doing – focus and engage!. You’re looking at a whirlwind of challenges and problems that seemingly feed on each other as you drown in an ocean of HR calamities:
February 25, 2015
The “Nine to Five” has long ago been replaced by the “Eight to Six” and the “Seven to Nine”. Technology is making it easier for us to worker longer hours, both in the office and at home (or on vacation too), but are we getting more done? Is this work providing us with a better life? We are being psychologically pushed towards working increasingly longer days and weeks while the mounting body of evidence is telling us to do the opposite.
Trading Sleep for More Work and Health Problems
February 25, 2015
In this electronically connected workforce, telecommuting or working from home is easier than ever. Research shows that employees who work from home tend to be more productive then when in the office, but setting up a telecommuting policy may not be as easy as it sounds. There are certain legal implications that employers should consider when allowing employees to work from home.
February 24, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Prepare for Imminent FLSA White-Collar Regulations
By Allen Smith 2/20/2015
News Updates
February 24, 2015
By Kyle Lagunas
How far in advance do you plan for talent needs? What activities make up your planning efforts? How satisfied are you with the technology you’re currently using to manage planning efforts? Earlier this year, I asked hundreds of leaders in talent acquisition these same questions – along with the most important question on the topic: How effective would you rate your organization’s planning efforts for talent acquisition?
Effectiveness in Talent Acquisition Planning
February 24, 2015
What does the future hold for our workforce and our workplaces?
This is one of the questions that circulated through a gathering of 30 HR and social media futurists, influencers and thought leaders as they discussed their predictions for what the world of work would look like in 2025.
February 23, 2015
February 23, 2015
By Matt Charney
If you’ve seen one of those ridiculous LifeLock commercials on TV, read the advice columns in Parade Magazine or are an aficionado of crappy Melissa McCarthy comedies, you’re already familiar with the concept of identity theft.
February 23, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Experts Predict Record-Breaking H-1B Visa Demand
Visa lottery odds likely to be less than 50 percent
By Roy Maurer 2/20/2015
News Updates
February 23, 2015
An employer did not violate California’s Family Rights Act (CFRA) by terminating an employee who engaged in outside employment while out on CFRA medical leave, conduct prohibited by the employer’s policy, the California Supreme Court ruled.
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News Updates
February 20, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
News Updates
February 20, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Millennial Myths Debunked
Younger workers want many of the same things older employees do, IBM study finds
By Dana Wilkie 2/19/2015
News Updates
February 19, 2015
On February 18, @shrmnextchat chatted with Dave Ryan @DavetheHRCzar about the "Job Board Dilemma."
In case you missed this excellent chat, here are all the informative tweets:
February 18, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Low Oil Prices Slow N.D. Hiring Frenzy
By Dori Meinert 2/17/2015
While low oil prices are good news for most Americans, the trend has raised concern in oil-rich boom towns in North Dakota that have seen exponential growth in recent years.
News Updates
February 18, 2015
In the same way that many believe that people are intrinsically good, I believe that people intrinsically want to succeed. There are always exceptions to the rule but keeping this at the front of my mind has helped me a ton in my HR career. Most employees want to come to work and do their best, even when it looks like they are floundering. One way we can help them do this is by creating a performance improvement plan to help them along the way.
February 18, 2015
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
News Updates
February 17, 2015
It was super cool to be named and to see so many of Blogging4Job’s authors named in Moodvise’s list of The 100 Most Influential People in HR and Recruiting on Twitter.
February 17, 2015
By Max Hansen
The world has transformed since the turn of the twenty-first century, yet why are we recruiting the same way we did in the 90s?
Fifteen years ago, I co-founded my first staffing company. We filled jobs by running ads on job boards and by matching up resumes based on keywords. As I look around at the hiring strategies of companies today, not much has changed.
February 17, 2015
By Greg Low
As I navigate the treacherous waters of the professional career world, I’ve collected a few nuggets of knowledge along the way. Many of them have been from strangers I’ve met along the journey. There have been three that I’ve always been reminded by, that influence my career and ultimately make me excited for those strangers I will meet in the future.
February 16, 2015
By Bill Leonard
How Millennials learn may be reshaping the way employers plan and implement training and development programs.
News Updates
February 16, 2015
The mood before the meeting was tense, the news was surprising, and the group's reaction was far more negative than positive. As the meeting to announce a significant organizational change came to a close, one of the people who stood to benefit from the change mused philosophically, "People don't like change."
February 16, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Package Deal: Working Couples Blur Home, Work Life
Employers seek out couples who create careers out of working together.
By Kathy Gurchiek 2/12/2015
News Updates
February 13, 2015
I recently talked with my mom about getting some very rude service from a cashier at a local grocery store. Apparently, as she began putting her items on the belt, the cashier told her, “Get back! Get back!” My mom is very hard of hearing, so this confused her. By this time, the cashier was saying it in a very loud voice and other customers were looking.
February 12, 2015
You wouldn’t want to make the same egregious mistake as a Michigan employer. After the jump, I’ll discuss the colossal screw-up and help you avoid it.
Don’t worry. I’ll wait and listen to some Foo Fighters while you go grab your FMLA policy.
[Two bad words near the end of the Foo Fighters song. So, if you’re going to play it at work. Well, don’t play it at work].
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February 12, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Avoiding the Big Break Up
When the relationship between employer and worker sours
By Dana Wilkie 2/11/2015
As with any relationship, the one between a worker and employer goes through phases:
News Updates
February 12, 2015
On February 11, @SHRMnextchat chatted with Joey Price (@JVPsaid) about Defining HR's Value Proposition.
In case you missed it, here are all the great tips and advice from HR pros around the world:
February 11, 2015
Talent pools are something we all should be well aware of as HR Leaders. As we work with our recruiters or do the recruiting ourselves, finding the right employees to fill open roles and adding staff to support our business goals is an essential function of what we do. Yet, sometimes the challenge rests not in our ability to chart the depths; rather, it is the fact that we can already see the bottom.
Nursing Shortages?
February 11, 2015
Changing Employee Perspective can Change How They Work
February 11, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Textual Feelings in the Workplace
By Donald D. Gamburg © 2015 Ogletree Deakins 2/9/2015
February 11, 2015
By Joe Coombs
HR will be called upon for creative retention strategies
It may be of little consolation to those who remain out of work, but more people are viewing the U.S. labor market in a positive light. Consider, for example, the plight of “discouraged workers,” who are defined by the federal government as people not looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them.
February 10, 2015
As an HR professional, I have certain expectations for candidates when they come in to interview for a job, regardless of what that position is. When preparing to be on the opposite side of the table as an interviewee, I try to make sure I am my own best candidate. It can be difficult, however, knowing that my expectations of candidates are not shared by all HR professionals.
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015
Well, there are now fewer calls to the phone banks of plaintiffs’ lawyers’ as most problems resulting from holiday parties already have been raised. But plaintiffs’ lawyers have no fear: there will be a salvo of calls after Valentine’s Day. And that reminds me of a story.
It is 9:00 a.m. A secretary reports to her desk. Waiting for her is a sealed card.
The secretary opens the envelope and it is a Valentine's Day card from her manager. Having undergone sensitivity training, the manager signs it "fondly" as opposed to "lovingly."
February 10, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
HIPAA Action Items After a Data Breach
The cyber attack on Anthem should spur employers to know their obligations
By Stephen A. Riga, Timothy G. Verrall and Danielle Vanderzanden © Ogletree Deakins 2/9/2015
News Updates
February 10, 2015
HR professionals bring specific experience and knowledge to an organization that the senior executives often don't have. Areas such as benefits strategies, training and development, employer branding, and succession planning are often pushed to the bottom of the company agenda, without thought to the amount that these aspects contribute to organizational effectiveness.
February 9, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Increase Responses to Disability Self-Identification Form
By Allen Smith 2/5/2015
News Updates
February 9, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
To Celebrate Birthdays at Work or Not?
Lawsuits, embarrassment among pitfalls
By Dana Wilkie 2/4/2015
What could possibly go wrong with recognizing someone’s birthday at work?
News Updates
February 6, 2015
By Roy Maurer
California enacted new occupational safety and health laws last year that will impact Golden State employers in 2015. These new statutes deal with harassment training, cool-down periods, penalty abatements and workplace violence prevention.
Except for the violence prevention law, all legislation went into effect Jan. 1, 2015.
News Updates
February 6, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
So Long, Farewell: Securing Effective Release Agreements
By June D. Bell 2/4/2015
News Updates
February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015
On February 4, @SHRMNextchat chatted with Sharlyn Lauby and Ron Thomas about Preparing for Global Assignments.
This was an excellent chat with great tips and advice from expatriate employees and HR professionals.
In case you missed it, here are all the informative tweets from the chat:
February 4, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Drug Test Your Workforce Lawfully, Effectively
By Roy Maurer 2/3/2015
News Updates
February 4, 2015
By Sean Little
Recent college graduates have a serious problem. Job statistics increasingly show that college graduates are underemployed and, even when they find employment; they are only rarely in a field applicable to their college majors (or that they expected to get a job in). This isn’t ideal for young adults trying to get into rewarding careers, and ultimately it’s not good for business, either.
February 3, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
HR Executives Favor Greater Salary Transparency
By Stephen Miller, CEBS 2/2/2015
News Updates
February 3, 2015
By John Bell
Branding has flourished big time—we have product brands, service brands, country brands, political brands, cause-related brands, even cultural brands. In this post, I want to help those of you who are keen to create your personal brand. To do that, you’ll need a brand strategy. The strategy and the positioning for a personal brand isn’t that different from a product or service brand; your intent is to position yourself in the best way possible to achieve the desired objective. To most of you the objective is to advance your career.
February 3, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Hackers Target Companies with Wire Transfer Fraud Scheme
Experts say executives need to be especially cautious
By Aliah D. Wright 1/30/2015
News Updates
February 2, 2015
There are several important factors to consider when preparing for a job in another country. While language and cultural training are usually first on the checklist, HR and their expatriate employees must consider several other factors before the big move.
February 2, 2015
By SHRM Staff
Hidden Drivers of Success - Leveraging Employee Insights for Strategic Advantage
February 2, 2015