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It’s a typical Monday, 6 a.m. You turn off your alarm clock and reach for your phone to see what’s on the calendar for the day ahead. Meetings. So many meetings. You already feel drained just at the thought of all these meetings, and your workday hasn’t even started. According to research conducted by Zippia, […]
Inflation, supply chain destabilization, and fears of a global recession have made many Americans worse off financially than they’ve ever been. More than two-thirds of Americans are worse off financially today than they were a year ago, according to a recent study conducted by Salary Finance, and almost one-third run out of money at least […]
Recent rulings by both the California and U.S. Supreme Courts have changed how employers need to approach so-called “mixed-motive” cases, where employers need to understand their potential liability in making hiring or firing decisions about employees who may be in position to bring legal action for employment discrimination.
Companies routinely use separation agreements with departing employees. Through those agreements, the employee receives some type of separation benefit (typically a payment or severance) in exchange for waiving and releasing any potential claims against the company. The goal is to avoid an existing or potential dispute, claim, or lawsuit. But if companies don’t routinely review […]
Supervisors’ Role in Performance Appraisals Management’s top responsibilities when it comes to performance evaluations are writing evaluations of their direct reports for 85.6% of survey participants, followed closely by setting goals for/with employees for 78.3%, conducting review meetings for 75.3%, and coaching employees for improved performance for 75.3%. Finishing out the field is reviewing evaluations […]
by Andre Lavoie, CEO of ClearCompany Quality of hire shows you the future of your company and gives you a look at how successful your hiring team finds and recruits talent. You need to keep your fingers on the pulse of your company. When you realize you’re struggling to find top talent, you probably should […]
According to the 2015, Q4 Randstad US Employee Confidence Index (ECI), more than one-third of workers (34%) believe more jobs are available and nearly six in 10 (55%) indicate they are confident in their ability to find a new job.
Every business has different needs and challenges. However, understanding the landscape of those challenges on a national level can be of great value to any HR professionals anticipating the next volley of challenges coming their way.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published details on the top 10 issues identified during examinations of 401(k) plans. These are the issues that the IRS will be focusing on when conducting an audit.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented the first 6 “Rules of Construction” for ADAAA compliance. Today, the rest of the rules, steps to take, and an introduction to BLR’s CD-based collection of job descriptions, SmartJobs. [Go here for Rules of Construction 1 to 6.] Rule 7. An impairment that is episodic or in remission is a […]