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On September 30, @shrmnextchat chatted with Leighanne Levensaler (@LeighLevensaler) of Workday about "A Plan for Employee Development."  

In case you missed it, here are all the tweets from the chat:

Do you remember your first job? The skills and lessons you learned? The excitement of that first paycheck you earned? Those early work experiences helped develop your work ethic, grow you professionally and take the first steps along a career path. But today, millions of young people are missing out on this critical opportunity.

The Rush Toward Paid Parental Leave: Why Now?

Arkansas Localities Prevent LGBT Discrimination

I am always fascinated by the way we communicate with one another. We have an abundance of words available to us that we could weave into beautiful sentences. Yet we choose to be lazy with our words or not use them at all. Even more fascinating than the words we use might be the way in which we choose to communicate.

Halliburton Revealed Overtime Errors to DOL, Socked with Huge Settlement

How to Prevent Data Breaches

Those of you who know me are enjoying this irony.  I have a better appreciation the qualitative world over the quantitative environment.  I am respectful of Math as it has taught me some valuable lessons.  I would like to propose an addition of a Rule #4 to the standard order of operations.   

In Focus: Student Loan Assistance

Potential Shutdown: Federal Contractors' Contingency Planning

Surging Popularity of E-Cigarettes Poses Issues for Employers

How Employers Can Negotiate the 'Money Talk' and Win

On September 23, @shrmnextchat chatted with Brynne Herbert (@brynnespeaks) of MoveGuides about Ensuring the Successful Global Relocation of Talent.  

In case you missed it, here are all the informative tweets from the chat:

Benefit Contribution Limits Unlikely to Change Much for 2016

Retailers Should Prepare Now for Next Hot Season

Smaller Hikes in Health Premium Rates Forecast for 2016

Family Care-Giving Is Workplace Issue

Could you write a job description using 30 words? How about 30 hashtags?

In this post, I’ll make the case for incorporating Instagram into your recruiting efforts.

(Photo cred: @deschutesbeer)

To consider using Instagram for recruiting, recruiters have to clear one mental hurdle:

Job postings don’t have to be words anymore.

Are the Kim Davises of the World Protected by Law?

5 Keys to Balancing Technology in the Workplace

NLRB's New Joint Employer Test May Impact OSHA

Millennials Delay Cutting Apron Strings after Recession

Marijuana in the Workplace: A Hazy Issue for Employers

SHRM Foundation Report a Primer for Change Management

All Employers Need a Workplace Violence Plan

Guidance for Employers on UK Gender Pay Gap Reporting Requirements

What an amazing experience HR Tampa (#HRTampa) participants had during the recent SHRM "Day in the Beltway" in Washington, DC on September 9, 2015...an experience we will never forget!

Upon our arrival in DC, we were fortunate to walk through U.S. history by seeing the White House, the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building, visit the solemn War Memorials and experience the Martin Luther King Memorial, and many more.

Smart employers know that offering flexible work options—everything from telecommuting to job sharing to part time to compressed schedules to shift trading, etc.—can set you apart from other employers. If your organization is embracing new ways to reinvent work for employee AND business success, then step up and receive local and national recognition as a top employer.

Tackling a 'Macho' Mentality at Work

Boudreau: HR Must Pick Up 'Glacial' Pace, Innovate

California Lawmakers Wrap Up Session; Governor Has Bills to Sign

Rupert Morrison is the CEO of Concentra one of the fastest-growing analytics firms in the UK and the creators of acclaimed business transformation tool OrgVue.  I asked Rupert about the evolution of organizational design and how data and analytics are changing the way companies are creating environments for performance to sustain a competitive edge. 

In 2005, Fast Company wrote a scathing review of the HR profession in an article titled, “Why We Hate HR.”

Fast-forward ten years to 2015 and, according to the Harvard Business Review article “Why We Love to Hate HR…and What HR Can Do About It” by Peter Cappelli, everyone still hates HR.  

Inner City and Native American Teens and Technology

In Focus: HSAs Prove Popular, But More So for High Earners

Major Shift in HR's Role Predicted

In Focus: Republicans Take Aim at NLRB's 'Joint Employer' Ruling

New Research Spotlights HR Management Policies, Practices in U.S.

Cloud, mobile, and flexible all equal a collaborative way to work.

HR Departments of One Face Unique Legal Obstacles

Building a Wellness Champion Network

Business Reacts to Order to Federal Contractors to Give Paid Sick Leave

Are LinkedIn Parties Legal?

Employers Should Prepare Now for ACA Subsidy Appeals

Transition Relief Ending for Minimum-Value-Lite Plans

This City Has America's Highest Minimum Wage

Proposed Overtime Rule's Salary Threshold Is Too High

The Kentucky Clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is going to jail.  She has tried to justify her refusal to perform her job on the ground that to do so would violate her religious beliefs as protected by the Constitution.

Good thing employers do not have to deal with this kind of issue.  Or do we?

SHRM: Proposals for 'Blacklisting' Executive Order Are Costly

Avoiding a Worker May Constitute Retaliation

'Big Data' Is Shaping Employers' Benefits Strategies

The very popular children’s book “Only One You” teaches the lesson of diversity and accepting others as unique individuals. So what does a children’s book have to do with immigration reform?

Well….at an early age children are taught that they are unique individuals, taken for who they are at face value.  However, in today’s modern age of technology having to verify one’s identity is becoming a common practice.

California Minimum Wage Bill Stalls in Legislature

Telecommuting Not a Reasonable Accommodation, Court Rules

Congratulations to all human resources professionals who recently passed the new SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP exam.  

Many of the newly certified were so excited, they jumped onto Twitter to share their awesome accomplishment.

We caught up with Cecilia Parra, Brandon Ambrose and Jon Thurmond to learn more about what it means to have the SHRM Certification.

Creating a winning team spirit

A company’s traditions are an investment that pays in human dividends. Banking on people more than products or technology to ultimately make a difference in the world is something that separates the mediocre from the extraordinary. A bold statement, to be sure, but what does it REALLY mean?

Compensation Budgets Favor Variable Over Fixed Pay

From HR Magazine: No Salary Negotiations Allowed

Take a look at any of today’s headlines, and you will find HR issues that affect our employees, our organizations and the entire profession. The minimum wage debate continues to rage at the state, local and federal levels. The clash between new and traditional employment models is becoming sharper and more politicized (think: Uber vs. the taxi industry). And landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions on health care and marriage also have implications for us and the way we do our jobs.

Proposed Overtime Rule Will Result in Fewer Managers

SHRM Survey: Social Media Remains a Popular Recruitment Tool