Rethinking the Salary History Question
“How much are you currently earning?” It once seemed like an innocent enough question, and until recently was very common.
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GM Signals New Employment Objectives Amid Layoffs
General Motors (GM)—America’s largest automobile manufacturer—recently announced it would be offering buyouts to roughly 18,000 salaried workers. Unfortunately for the automotive giant, only about 2,250 employees went for that offer.
Cutting Edge or Over the Edge? HR and Recruiting Decisions Made with Social Media Monitoring
By Hudson Global The era of unprecedented insights into personal preferences and behaviors has made its way to HR and recruiting. Tools now exist that show which candidates and employees are on the job hunt in real time.
‘Double Recovery’ Exception Leaves Employee with No Overtime Pay
By Sarah Bowers, JD, Faegre Baker Daniels The Indiana Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a former Ivy Tech Community College employee was not entitled to overtime under the Indiana Wage Payment Act (WPA) or the Indiana Minimum Wage Law (MWL).
Do Your Employees ‘Get It?’ Building Commitment in the Workforce
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady BLR’s founder agrees that commitment is crucial for business success, but questions whether HR managers can be “commitment coaches” for upper management. In a recent column in Workforce Management, Gershon Mader and Josh Leibner, consultants with Quantum Performance, Inc., wrote about “commitment” (not the kind that women look […]
Make This the Year You Create Engaging Job Ads
Question: What does it take to pique a job seeker’s interest? Answer: A boring, static job ad … not!
BlackBerry® and iPhone® Use May Lead to Overtime
In today’s technological climate, it seems that almost every employee, from the CEO to the rank-and-file worker, uses some type of personal digital assistant (PDA) or BlackBerry® device. PDAs, BlackBerries®, iPhones®, and other so called “smart phones” have a number of uses: calculator, clock, calendar, video recorder, address book, word processor, radio, and even Global […]
Looking to Voluntary Benefits? Consider These 3 Questions
In yesterday’s Advisor, Navera president and CEO Steve L. Adams provided tips on taking advantage of voluntary benefits; today, we share more on this compensation trend and how to ask the right questions for 2015.
Same Sex Marriage: DOMA’s Path to the Supreme Court and Implications for Employers
DOMA refers to the Defense of Marriage Act, which basically created a situation in which same-sex marriages were not recognized for any federal purpose. It all came about as a result of a 1993 ruling by the Supreme Court of Hawaii, which said that the state must show a compelling interest in prohibiting same-sex marriage. […]
White Collar Exemptions = Legal Gray Areas
Yesterday, we gave you the background on a recent court case involving the classification of social workers as exempt. Today, the court’s rationale for concluding that the workers should have been getting overtime pay.