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For me, one of the neat things about being an editor here at BLR® is the opportunity to interact with HR and compensation professionals on a regular basis. As the comp editor, I’m asked about managing the compensation process and, for the most part, they’re pretty routine queries about things like how to market price […]
Gauge your managers’ current knowledge about retaliation with these quick cases: Peter worried that a dangerous chemical was being used without proper protection, and he reported it to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). His boss, Sheila, was not happy. “Peter’s wrong,” she said. “There’s nothing unsafe about our process. And I’m miffed […]
Today we’ll hear from Michael F. Brown of Camden Consulting Group concerning why small businesses really do need to make the most of HR strategies.
In yesterday’s Advisor, best-selling author Dan Pink showed how every manager is a salesperson. Today, more of his tips for influencing others, plus an introduction to the all-HR-in-one website, HR.BLR.com®. Pink’s best-selling titles include Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us and To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Pink’s remarks […]
Have you thought about the employees you will hire 10 or 15 years from now? Probably not, but the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) wants you to. The organization works with large employers to develop workplace policies aimed at keeping the population healthy and productive and at the same time save money for their […]
Crazy job interview experiences are nothing new to HRSBT, and the following story is no different, but it will leave you scratching your head and wondering “what are people thinking?”
A privately held commercial bank in San Francisco, California was ordered by a U.S. district court in a fiduciary-breach judgment to pay more than $860,000 to participants in its former employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
When starting a business, there are a lot of things to take into consideration. However, how much consideration is taken for the overall design of the company office space? A new survey shows that employers may want to consider overhauling their office space; it may produce happier, more productive employees, and, in turn, increase the […]
As our world becomes more complex, dangerous, and in many cases isolated, the prospects of recruiting and then relocating executives have become more challenging.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to leap out of bed on Monday morning, eager to get to work instead of spending Sunday night battling the “Sunday scaries” because the thought of returning to work after the weekend is so stressful? Unfortunately, that’s not the experience for most workers, according to Resume Now’s Career Gridlock Report, a […]