Patrick DiDomenico is the editorial director at Business Management Daily and the founding editor of The HR Specialist family of newsletters, special reports and online resources. Pat's more than 20-year career as a business journalist and thought leader includes stints as newspaper reporter, Washington speechwriter and White House press aide.
Charges of job discrimination (race, age, sex, religion, disability, etc.) by U.S. employees spiked during the Great Recession. However, an improving economy had...
So you've checked Grandma, Uncle Charley and Cousin Tyler off your Christmas list. But have you thought about putting anything extra in your employees' stockings this...
When we think about bullying, we think about kids on the school playground or hallways. But a high-profile act of adult-size bullying this week thrust the issue into...
As part of last week's celebration of HR Professionals Week (Oct. 7-11), The HR Specialist asked readers to share hiring tips from their own experiences. Here are some...
To be protected under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), employees must give employers enough information about the reason for their leave to let the employer...
This year, the traditional open enrollment season for health benefits coincides with the rollout of massive changes driven by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law...
HR professionals have all seen their fair share of unique pitches from applicants. When those efforts are appropriate manifestations of the candidate's creativity and...
As the economy slowly gains strength, so do pay increases doled out by U.S. employers. Employers, on average, anticipate increasing employee salaries by 2.9% in 2014, a...
The HR Soapbox hit the road again this summer for the annual Society for Human Resource Management conference, this year in Chicago. Here are some lessons learned...
Studies show that as the temperature rises, the potential for employment law problems heats up in the workplace. What should employers do? Here's a five-point to-do list...
Why do your employees leave? Amid the typical 3M reasons—money, motivation and manager quality—employers often miss out on a simple, no-cost way to keep...
Have you ever been frustrated that your CEO doesn’t seem to care about the FLSA, FMLA, ADA or any other of those magic compliance acronyms? What if the boss gets...
Annually on March 15 (the “Ides of March”) we are reminded of the betrayal suffered by Julius Caesar at the hands of Brutus. But backstabbing didn’t...
The change of the calendar to 2017 carries with it a new paperwork duty for all employers—trash your old version of the I-9 (the Employment Eligibility Verification...
By March 8, 2013, employers covered under the FMLA (those with 50 or more employees) must display the new version of the Employee Rights and Responsibilities under...
Just a few years ago, your chance of being targeted for a federal audit of your I-9 forms was remote. That’s all changed. In 2012, ICE launched I-9 audits of 12...
When it comes to discrimination law, courts view “religion” very broadly, meaning you may need to approve some pretty unusual requests. Last week, a Tennessee man...
Rhode Island claimed the honor last year of passing the nation’s most unique employment-related law, which made job bias against homeless people unlawful. An...
