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Unfortunately, there isn’t typically one set of tools or metrics you can rely on when evaluating newly promoted employees. How employees should be evaluated once they’re promoted depends on a variety of factors, such as their current skill sets and experience levels, the size of the project or team they’re overseeing and the team’s expertise, […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady In our January 2010 Survey of Paid Time Off (PTO) Practices, 54% of respondents had a PTO plan rather than a traditional plan with individual policies for vacation, sick leave, and personal leave. By contrast, in BLR’s Survey of Employee Benefits in late 2007, only 43% used a […]
“All managers should be taught the subtle signs of a disengaged workforce,” says Todd Patkin, author of Finding Happiness: One Man’s Quest to Beat Depression and Anxiety and—Finally—Let the Sunshine In. “They should all learn which words and actions tend to upset employees and which get people fired up. They should know how to handle […]
When we think of the term “bygone era,” one thing that commonly comes to mind is the space program. And perhaps another is employment perks. Not that either is gone, by any means. But times seem to be changing for both during an era of economic contraction, so perhaps it is no coincidence that the […]
OFCCP remains focused on contractor compliance with affirmative action regulations for vets and employees with disabilities, says attorney Susan Fahey Desmond.. And programmatic outreach is not enough any more; OFCCP wants to see personal relationships with outreach resources and a system for monitoring effectiveness. Desmond, who is a partner in the New Orleans office of […]
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.
by Amy M. McLaughlin In its year-end statistics, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported that 75,768 discrimination charges were filed against private-sector employers in 2006. That was the first increase in charge filings in four years. By 2008, the total number of charges filed with the EEOC had jumped 25% to 95,402. With workplace […]
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).
Question: What does it take to pique a job seeker’s interest? Answer: A boring, static job ad … not!
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.