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Francisco Martinez-Garcia has served in the HR industry for more than two decades. He spent 16 years at Colgate Palmolive working in benefits and compensation and, in 2019, was tapped as Head of Global Compensation at Moody’s Corporation – a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers individuals and organizations to make better decisions. Four […]
Ineffective training costs employers a whopping $13.5 million per year per 1,000 employees. And this is mainly due to training content that is uninspired and doesn’t truly resonate with employee learners.
In early August, Google seized national headlines by firing software engineer James Damore for publishing an internal memo in which he argued that women are inherently worse at technology jobs than men for “biological” reasons. In addition to the important societal issues Google’s action implicates, it raises interesting labor and employment law questions about how […]
by Jourdan Day The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio will decide whether an employer’s and its insurer’s denial of coverage for an employee’s sex reassignment surgery constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII.
Long ago, dating was something people did with those they were already acquainted with. People tended to meet their significant others in their hometowns, in their high schools, or on the job, which created a certain sense of social obligation with respect to providing closure. For example, if one party to the relationship wanted to […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued guidance about whether employers may offer incentives to employees or their family members to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Although the guidelines are general in nature and don’t provide specific answers about the amount you may offer as an incentive, they do provide some clarity on the do’s […]
What comes to mind when you hear the word “omnichannel”? Omnichannel actually refers to the idea of using all available “channels” for an activity. Omnichannel methods have been popularized in sales (retail in particular) lately, in which the retailer presents product information across many different available communication channels, such as social media, apps, television, in-store […]
From one perspective, whistleblowing is an act of justice by a self-sacrificing hero, says Dr. Ken Broda‐Bahm; but from the other perspective, it’s the ultimate betrayal by a divisive malcontent. Once you understand that, Broda-Bahm adds, you can move your culture to a place where whistleblowers are much less of a threat.
HR professionals join the field with a clear-eyed mission to build better workplaces. But are mounting challenges and changes chipping away at our sense of optimism – especially for the next generation? Lattice’s 2026 State of People Strategy Report, which surveyed over 1,000 HR professionals on their priorities for the year ahead, found that more […]
The HR Daily Advisor would like to welcome Gideon Maltz, executive director of Tent—an organization dedicated to aiding the men, women, and children of the world who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. Tent recently released a guide to hiring refugees in the United States.