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Evaluating Family-Friendly Benefits for Working Parents

When reviewing benefits for a new role or an updated benefits package, the first thing working parents think about is “how will this support my family and foster my success at work?” Benefits can make a significant impact on employee performance, success, and work-life balance, creating improved outcomes for the business overall.  The corporate world […]

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Leading with Passion to Create a Diverse Talent Pipeline

One of the challenges organizations often cite with respect to hiring and promoting diverse talent is known as the “pipeline problem.” The argument is that it’s hard to bring diverse talent to top positions because there aren’t enough diverse employees coming into the company.

Reimagine Employee Feedback: How to End Performance Reviews

“I love performance reviews!”—said nobody, ever. Despite their unpopularity, most companies still conduct annual performance reviews even though 98% of CHROs admit their performance management processes are broken. Why cling to something that doesn’t work? Because many executives simply can’t imagine a better way to enhance employee performance. What if there’s a way to ditch […]

Don’t Deny It, Social Media Is Mainstream—and Full of Pitfalls

Don’t try to deny it, social media is mainstream now, says Attorney Jonathan Segal, and its influence is only going to grow. Before too long, the workplace will be 75 percent Millennials, and they use social media with a vengeance. (By the way, Boomers aren’t that far behind, he adds.)   Social Media includes, for […]

California

Was CBA Sufficient to Compel Arbitration of California Nurse’s Wage and Hour Claims?

A nurse filed a class action lawsuit against her former employer alleging wage and hour violations, including failure to provide meal and rest breaks and pay overtime. The hospital asked the court to compel arbitration, relying on arbitration provisions in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Read on to see if the court granted the employer’s request.

Latest U.S. Jobs Data Shows Labor Market Remains Tight

The U.S. economy, and the labor market in particular, has vexed experts and observers for months now. Despite doomsayers predicting imminent recessions and others pointing to widespread tech layoffs as a harbinger of a more general end to the Great Resignation (and despite months of aggressive central bank interest rate hikes), recent data illustrates just […]

How to Weed Out AI Job Applicants 

The remote hiring boom has introduced a new risk frontier for HR professionals—the rise of AI-generated fake job applicants. Using generative AI, deepfakes, and stolen personal data, malicious actors are flooding the job market with fraudulent applications.  As fake candidates’ methods become more sophisticated, HR teams must evolve strategies to maintain hiring integrity and protect […]

Disastrous Discipline Mistakes Avoided with 8 Simple Tips

Discipline is one of the most basic and important supervisory roles, yet it is often handled poorly, sometimes with disastrous results. What goes wrong? How many times have you encountered these mistakes: Employees disciplined for doing something they have a legal right to do—like take intermittent FMLA or make an EEO complaint Inconsistent discipline that […]

Big Data—9 Dangers to Look Out For

Big data is being touted as the great new source of actionable information for HR pros. However, while big data analysis can produce some fascinating results, beware—big data can be accompanied by big dangers.