The Challenges of an Aging Workforce
Solving the worker shortage by retaining your older workers brings many benefits, but an aging workforce also raises several challenges. A June 10 webinar will tell you what you need to know.
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.
Womenomics—It’s Not ‘Work/Life Balance,’ It’s ‘Make More Money’
By HRDA Editor Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Just My E-pinion LOGO If your board is resistant to workplace flexibility, says Katty Kay, don’t present it as "work/life balance"; present it as "make more money." Don’t do it because it’s the "right thing to do," do it because it’s the "bright thing to do," adds Claire […]
5 Lessons from Lost on Hiring, Safety, and Other Workplace Issues
By Alan King and Tony Kessler At first glance, you might think a TV show featuring plane crash survivors on a remote Pacific island — with time travel and an evil smoke monster thrown in to boot — would yield few if any insights into how to run a great workplace. But as the six-year […]
Tube Tops, Tattoos, and Piercings- Oh My!
Here comes summer: The worst time of the year for dress code violations. Today we’ll take a look at what you can and can’t do with dress code and appearance policies.
Prounion Rule Expected to Boost Unions at Airlines, Railroads
The National Mediation Board (NMB) has finalized a new rule that is expected to make unionization easier for airline and railroad workers, but an airline industry group has filed a lawsuit to try to stop the change. The NMB, which regulates labor issues at airlines and railroads, changed its rules so that unions will need […]
Summer Hiring Season—Child Labor Myths Busted
In yesterday’s Advisor, we busted 11 myths about wage and hour. Today, we tackle myths about child labor—particularly appropriate with summer hiring season approaching—and we take a look at a unique FLSA audit guide. [Go here for Myths 1-11.] Myth #12—There is no restriction on hours of work for workers age 14 and over. Busted. […]
Hot List: Bestselling “Organizational Behavior” Books on Amazon.com
Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, May 17, in the “Organizational Behavior” section of the “Business and Investing” category. 1.Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The authors of Made […]
Wage and Hour Mythbusters
Wage and hour should be the easiest job in HR, but there are a surprising number of misconceptions, and there is a surprising amount of misinformation being disseminated by savvy-sounding "experts" wandering the Internet chat sites. Cruise HR on the Internet, and you’ll be stunned. Mixed in with accurate answers are other answers—all delivered with […]
How To Keep Former Employees Quiet
“Rant sites” are one of the darker aspects of social media—they’re where people go to air their grievances in a public online forum. And if someone has just left your company under less-than-optimal circumstances, the focus of their rantings could well be you.
Survey Says: Most Offer Disability Insurance, but with Longer Waiting Periods
By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Just My E-pinion LOGO Our ongoing BLR/HR Daily Advisor Employee Fringe Benefit Survey Series recently queried readers about disability and group insurance. Seventy-seven percent of respondents offer short-term disability, and 82 percent offer long-term disability. Meanwhile, 5 percent offer group auto insurance, 5 percent offer group homeowners’ insurance, and 13 […]