Anticipating What Candidates Will Ask For
Are you prepared for when a candidate asks for something other than a higher starting salary, as a condition for accepting the job?
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How to Successfully Manage One-on-Ones with Your Employees
How much do you really know about your employees’ professional goals? With the fast pace of today’s business world, many managers opt for a simple “how are you doing/how’s the workload going” weekly, biweekly, or even monthly check in. Even if you’ve cultivated an open door policy, encouraging employees to come to you with concerns, […]
Severance Agreements—They’re Business Transactions
In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured Attorney Joel Van Parys’ tips on drafting a severance agreement that will pass muster with the EEOC and NLRB. Today, more tips, including managing the severance meeting.
Recent Sexual Harassment Claims Are Call to Action for Men
C’mon, guys. We’re better than this!
California: No Combined Rest Breaks for the Weary
By Emily A. Mertes and Katharine Essick, Sedgwick LLP Since the California Supreme Court’s seminal meal and rest break decision Brinker v. Superior Court in 2012, employers have wrestled with whether, in their particular circumstances, it would be impractical to provide their employees with two separate rest breaks before and after a meal period during […]
Using Twitter for Recruiting: Worth the Effort?
Many employers regularly use social media as part of the hiring process. Some use LinkedIn to post jobs. Some use Facebook as part of their screening process. Fewer, however, see Twitter as a viable resource in recruiting. Why is that? Can Twitter be used as an efficient and beneficial part of the recruitment process? Let’s […]
Unreasonable-Refusal-to-Rehire Claim Barred by 10-Year-Old Compromise Agreement
Wisconsin employers are used to being able to settle and receive a release of claims for known and unknown events that have occurred only in the past. In a recent Labor & Industry Review Commission (LIRC) decision, a full and final compromise agreement entered into between the parties prevented the employee from maintaining an unreasonable-refusal-to-rehire […]
Federal Government Cracking Down on Hiring and Pay Discrimination
By Susan Schoenfeld The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced a number of settlements in enforcement cases against federal government contractors demonstrating a continued emphasis on pursuing systemic hiring and pay discrimination claims. Settlement costs ranged from $165,000 to $1.8 million and required the affected contractors to take action in hiring and […]
Compensation Update: Tips, Trends, and Tactics for 2013
Negative staffing and salary actions will decrease in 2013, says a recent Compensation Resources, Inc. survey. Neelman is a principal and senior consultant with the firm, which is located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Salary Action Outlook Strategy Change (up or down) from 2012 to 2013 (Projected) Layoffs ↓ Hiring Freezes ↓ Staffing Increases […]
Armchair Manager: What Sports Can Teach Us About Management
One of the reasons I enjoy sports is the human dynamic at work in every sporting endeavor, says business and leadership blogger Dan Oswald. At different times and in different sports, an athlete may do battle with another competitor, the elements, or even with himself and his will. This fascinates me, says Oswald, CEO of […]