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To recap: A decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa shows how far some former employees will reach to stretch their termination into some legal claim against their employer. More important, though, it underscores the importance training and supervisor/manager competence can play in protecting employers from spurious legal claims. Joshua […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at trends in technology and Human Resources Information Systems (HRISs) for HR. Today, for guidance on what to look for in HRISs, we again turn to BLR’s recently published HR Playbook: HR’s Game Plan for the Future.
Yesterday’s Advisor featured consultant Diana Neelman’s five approaches to job evaluation. Today, her colleague, Sarah Schmidt, on data aging and market consensus.
A decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa shows how far some former employees will reach to stretch their termination into some legal claim against their employer. More important, though, it underscores the importance that training and supervisor/manager competence can play in protecting employers from spurious legal claims. Background […]
No secret, technologies are having a tremendous impact on HR. For some guidance on this trend, we turned to BLR’s recently-published HR Playbook: HR’s Game Plan for the Future.
Job evaluation is a systematic method of determining a job’s relative worth within an organization. There are five commonly used approaches, says consultant Diana Neelman. Which is best for you?
Among my favorite movies is the 1991 film City Slickers. Billy Crystal plays radio ad salesman Mitch Robbins, who is having a bit of a midlife crisis. Mitch and his two best friends decide to leave New York City to spend 2 weeks on a cattle drive in the Southwest. It’s there that Mitch meets […]
Just in time for Halloween, a survey by Accountemps reports on what frightens employees. According to the results, 28 percent of respondents said making a mistake on the job is their biggest workplace fear. Workers were asked, “Which one of the following is your greatest workplace fear?” Here are their responses: Making errors on the […]
The next three months are crunch time. Employers have to get moving on several deadlines, most of them required under health care reform. Some reform rules should have taken effect in 2014, but were subject to the year-long delay instituted by the Obama administration. Health Plan Identifiers Nov. 5, 2014 is the deadline for large group […]
Among my favorite movies is the 1991 film City Slickers. Billy Crystal plays radio ad salesman Mitch Robbins, who is having a bit of a midlife crisis. Mitch and his two best friends decide to leave New York City to spend 2 weeks on a cattle drive in the Southwest. It’s there that Mitch meets […]