States Approve Minimum Wage, Paid Leave Ballot Questions
States with employment-related ballot questions mostly approved them Tuesday, and employers have little lead time before many must be implemented.
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Does Your Recruiting Team Need a Sourcer?
From April to September 2021, over 24 million American employees resigned. HR professionals everywhere have felt the strain of this so called “Great Resignation.” But, in spite of record resignation rates, the unemployment rate in April 2021 was only 3.8%. In such a competitive labor market, how can leaders acquire today’s top talent while preventing […]
Learning How to Engage in Small Talk
Some people seem to have a natural ability to strike up a conversation with just about anyone. But others try and fail to be engaging conversationalists or avoid small talk altogether, either because they see it as a waste of time or because of their introversion and social anxiety. The Value of Small Talk Small […]
401(k)s Under Assault — What Are Best Employers Doing?
For years, BLR® has surveyed HR and benefits professionals to find trends in benefits. We appreciate your participation in our monthly series of brief, targeted benefits surveys. Today’s survey topic: 401(k) Plans. (We’ll publish the results in a future issue.) Please participate in this brief survey and we’ll determine just how employers are handling their […]
Is Quiet Constraint the Latest Headache for Employers?
Every company wants to minimize turnover and improve employee engagement. But along with the recent media buzz about “quiet quitting,” there is an even bigger threat to employee engagement and productivity: “quiet constraint.” Game-changing innovation and ideas exist in the minds of your workforce. But what if your employees are holding back, not speaking up, […]
What Companies Are Doing Now to Prepare for the Uptick in Hiring
It feels like a lifetime ago, but it’s only been a few months since employers were battling it out for top talent in a historically tight job market.
Managing Implications of Remote Employees Working in Multiple States
Remote work has been all the rage in recent years. Initially, employees were working from home because offices were closed by government mandate. While working from home, employees were usually working in the same town or neighboring suburb as their normal office space. As remote work has become a more permanent part of the white-collar […]
Irresponsible Anesthesiologist Responsible for Sexting during Surgery
Have you ever wondered what actually goes on while you’re under the knife? Television has us thinking the worst. For example, that Seinfeld episode where Kramer drops the Junior Mint in the patient’s open cavity during surgery. Or that Kayak commercial where the doctor is performing brain surgery and is using the patient to search […]
Faces of HR: Deb Reuterman on the Importance of Buy-in and Engaged Employees
Deb Reuterman, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Sr. Director of Human Resources at University of Phoenix, has spent her career in human resources across myriad industries including manufacturing, law, healthcare, and higher education. We recently connected with Reuterman to discuss how she got her start in the industry, her best mistake, as well as the value of making employees […]
How RPO Services Can Revolutionize Your Recruiting Process
In business, the crux of success is connecting with the right people at the right time. This concept, crucial in brand-customer relationships, is equally vital in HR recruitment. HR teams must connect with potential hires when their interest and readiness are at a peak. This necessity is leading many companies to shift from conventional in-house […]