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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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.)
Pay-for-Performance? Three Questions to Ask First
Green, who is a principal at consultant Hay Group, offered her tips at a recent webinar sponsored by HRHero/BLR. What Pay-for-Performance Is (And Isn’t) First, says Green, it’s important to clarify what is pay for performance and what isn’t. Pay for performance, she says is: Any type of compensation or reward that is provided only […]
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?
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!
Everything Sucks! Lessons on How NOT to Behave in the Workplace
Everything Sucks! is a Netflix comedy series set in the mid-1990s at Boring High School. The show follows high school freshman Luke O’Neil, his friends, and his first crush (Kate Messner) as they navigate high school in the 1990s. Over the course of the show, Luke’s mother becomes close to the high school principal (and […]
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 […]
Why You Should Train Employees on Time Management
When employees are strapped for time, it’s easy for them to disregard long-term projects and goals and focus entirely on their immediate concerns.
Career Mobility and the Constellation Concept
It’s hard to find a hotter topic among business and HR leaders than the “future of work.” The uncertainty surrounding the full impact of cognitive technologies, Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and machine learning has many speculating about the impact on workers, given the opportunity for replacement.