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It doesn’t take an MIT engineering whiz to tell you that stress is a serious problem. But it might open your eyes to learn that even MIT brings puppy therapy onto its campus to reduce students’ anxiety and the negative, sometimes nonobvious consequences of stress.
There’s nothing more tragic than an amputated spirit. There’s no prosthetic for that. One in five U.S. adults experience a mental illness. Statistics show that, on average, only one in two receive treatment. The reality is that this is an underreported fact because many who suffer don’t know how to seek help or are reluctant […]
Generative AI has been a game-changer in so many areas of society. Employment in particular has been an area of rapid AI adoption. It’s no secret to candidates that employers are leveraging AI in screening large volumes of job applicants, and it’s no secret to employers that candidates are using AI to update resumes and […]
FMLA medical certifications can provoke questions if their validity is uncertain. But when can an FMLA medical certification be questioned to the point of requiring a second opinion? Is a manager’s hunch that the employee is lying enough? When Can an Employer Require a Second Opinion on an FMLA Medical Certification? Let’s say an employer […]
Policy enforcers, company watchdogs, the people responsible for firing workers—HR professionals get a bad rap, and new survey findings reveal that employees don’t hold this department in high regard.
Providing jobseekers with a positive hiring experience is vital for your company’s brand and reputation. Jobseekers are like consumers: If they have a bad experience, they will not hesitate to tell their family and friends all about how your company failed. Even worse, the scorned jobseeker can also take to social media and job boards […]
Have you heard the term “windowed work”? It actually refers to a potentially familiar concept: breaking down the workday into discrete windows of time for different activities.
Employee recruitment and retention are undoubtedly the two biggest problems HR professionals face. With limited information and time, it can feel impossible to make many of the connections needed to keep current employees happy and find the best candidates to fill open positions.
A federal appeals court will review the temporary injunction blocking new overtime regulations on an expedited schedule that wraps things up even faster than the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) had requested. But it still won’t reach a decision until after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, and that could mean the end of the overtime rule, […]