Japanese Company Offers to Quit for You
Landing a new job can be an extremely exciting event for someone. It’s a chance to meet new people, explore new opportunities, and hopefully increase one’s compensation.
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Most Needed Skills for 2019: Hard Skills
In a previous post, we discussed Paul Petrone’s recent LinkedIn research, which focused on the skills companies need most in 2019. He splits them into two categories; soft skills and hard skills.
Turn Swing and a Miss into Total Success: Well-Being Wake-Up Report
Employees across the nation have rung the alarm—fitness challenges and one-size-fits-all well-being programs are not what they want or need. Yet, the majority (84%) of employees say their company offers the same resources to all employees. A new survey, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Welltok, found that nearly 60% of respondents are getting irrelevant […]
The Most Needed Skills for 2019: Soft Skills
The beginning of a new year is a natural time to look at self-improvement and set goals for the coming year. For professionals, that often involves focusing on improving professional skills. But, according to LinkedIn® data, there are over 50,000 professional skills out there. Obviously, that’s far too many for any one person to absorb. […]
Businesses Excel When Employees Can Truly Speak Their Mind
In part 1 of this article, we explored why self-reported value among employees can’t really be relied upon without intervention. Instead, organizations need to empower employees to truly speak their mind. Here we’ll look at an example and offer some advice on how to get there with your employees.
BLR’s Forum Events Adds Talent Acquisition and Retention Summit, and HR Strategy Summit to 2019 Offerings
New events added to the Forum Events lineup in the Human Resources sector will appeal to a specific subset of HR executives and allow them to source solutions for their business needs, as well as network with peers to discuss best practices and industry pain points.
Why You Should Establish a Bereavement Leave Policy
In the past few months, I’ve spent every week, if not every day, updating or creating employee handbooks for businesses of all sizes. During that time, I’ve often found myself answering questions about bereavement leave. Most often, employers ask whether their state requires them to offer paid bereavement leave. When I answer their questions, I […]
3 Stats About D&I in the Workplace that You Must Know
In the wake of the #MeToo movement and Starbuck’s mandatory unconscious bias training day, organizations have become more and more concerned with and focused on offering more diverse and inclusive work places and inclusive work spaces.
The Impact of Ban-the-Box and Salary History Prohibitions on Employers
Class action lawsuits involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) are not the only compliance concern for employers performing background checks in an increasingly complex legal environment. In addition, employers are impacted by state and local requirements, including “ban the box” laws and salary history prohibitions. This article is a brief introduction to these […]
New Ruling Restores EEO-1 Pay Data Requirements
Employers are faced with the prospect of having to put in considerably more work on EEO-1 reports this year, now that a federal judge has ruled the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was wrong to stop implementation of a pay data requirement proposed during the Obama administration.