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After a long hiatus due to COVID-19, RecruitCon took place in Denver, Colorado, last week, and boy was it great to be back at a live event! Our event agenda was packed with an amazing lineup of presenters, and the covered topics included sourcing, automation, diversity, college recruitment, strategy, and more. During the preconference sessions, […]
Litigation Value: $1,000,000 The folks at Dunder Mifflin must have felt like giving because they were essentially writing checks on the “Moroccan Christmas” episode of The Office. As always, there was plenty of inappropriate conduct going on this week, but rarely does it rise to this level. Michael served excessive amounts of alcohol to Meredith, […]
Employees have been forced to deal with constant economic upheaval over the past few years. First, there was the surging unemployment and job displacement—as well as physical displacement—caused by a once-in-a-century pandemic. Then there was the explosion of post-COVID inflation. Now employees face a huge spike in healthcare costs, high levels of indebtedness, and a cooling labor market. While AI is […]
Please participate in our brief survey and see how what you are doing stacks up against what other successful companies are doing. We’ll get answers to these questions and more: What is the average merit and general increase for 2013 (at each performance level) What increases are planned for 2014? What are the criteria used […]
How does work get done in organizations? By people; and, frequently, by people working with other people to achieve some mutual goal. In the process, these people need to communicate with each other. This can be done in a variety of ways, but one quintessential and seemingly green team communication tool is meetings.
On July 14, 2022, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a former employee in a dispute over whether two uniquely worded restrictive covenants against him violated Wisconsin law. The case presents new considerations regarding what employers can and cannot include in noncompete clauses with severed employees.
On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration took the most consequential step in federal cannabis policy in more than five decades, placing FDA-approved cannabis products and state-licensed medical marijuana into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. A DEA hearing beginning June 29, 2026, will consider whether broader rescheduling, including recreational […]
By Sharon McKnight, CCP SPHR I firmly believe that every company should have a written compensation philosophy that guides the design of its pay structure. For example, whether it will pay employees below, even with, or above the market.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a proposed rule to delay the date by which certain employers are required to submit their completed 300A form electronically from July 1 to December 1, 2017. The Agency is proposing the extension to allow the Trump administration an opportunity to review the requirements of the rule […]
Hiring the right person always feels like a gamble, and oftentimes hiring managers believe that trusting their gut feelings is the way to go. But there’s a better way—using data to measure the communication styles, skills, and values of a potential hire. To illustrate how data-driven hiring trumps intuition, we present an article by guest […]