The Remote HR Department in 2021: Best Practices to Manage Employees from a Distance
Even before the recent pandemic upended everything about the way we work, HR departments already had a difficult job.
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Take Time to Learn the Law on Unpaid Time Off
An employee comes to you asking to take time off to meet with school officials because his child was suspended. Do you have to grant the request? What about for jury duty, or because the employee witnessed a crime? Are you required to permit employees time off to vote? In addition to the big leave […]
Update: Social Security Wage Base Limit Raised to $128,400
The maximum wage base for Social Security tax will be $128,400 in 2018, up from $127,200 in 2017, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) announced. (Note: The original 2018 wage base announced on October 13 was $128,700; this amount was revised by the SSA in late November.)
4 Best Practices for Training and Developing Your L&D Team
Sometimes, as learning and development (L&D) professionals, we can get so consumed with evaluating and helping employees across our organizations that we forget to train our own L&D staff, trainers, or even ourselves.
How a Bad Job Description Lost an Airtight Case, and Other Horror Stories
We don’t often think of the lowly job description and horror stories in the same breath, but job description mistakes can cost dearly when the lawsuits are filed. Here’s what might happen when job descriptions aren’t accurate and up to date: Failed to Define Essential Functions One of the most common failures of job descriptions […]
What Is Imposter Syndrome?
Few feelings in one’s professional life can top the elation of landing a coveted job or promotion: the excitement of new responsibilities, greater prestige, and (hopefully) more money. But that elation often quickly has to compete for emotional bandwidth with a specific flavor of workplace anxiety known as “imposter syndrome.” Many people have probably heard […]
Do Counteroffers Work in the Long Run?
When an employee that you value wants to leave, you might dust off the old counter-offer and see if it sticks. But what if that is really only delaying the inevitable?
Virtual Career Fairs 101
In the past, one method of recruiting talent was via career fairs, but now that the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a new age of social distancing, how can you host a job fair while keeping your recruiters and candidates safe?
Gotta Catch ’Em All—Employee Trading Cards Boost Engagement
Are you looking for a way to engage the Millennials? For a generation that grew up collecting sports cards or playing card games—such as Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering—employee trading cards may be an employer’s best bet!
Work/Life Balance: Desirable Ideal or Dangerous Distraction?
Do we really need to separate life from work? Or are we just not keen enough to ask for so much “life” in our work that we do not have to worry about balancing something out?