Everywhere you turn, something or someone is being promoted as “environmentally friendly.” U.S. employers are no different; they’re jumping into all...
You may not need a license to practice HR or benefits administration, but earning an HR certification tells your employer (and potential employers) that you know your...
The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has found that three Freehold Regional High School District administrators who attained advanced degrees from a...
Question: “A member of our staff recently came to HR and said she was worried
that a co-worker is in such poor health that he might have a heart
attack on the...
Question: "Two of our employees have been having problems with each other at
work. When I sat them down to find out what was going on, I learned the
two had an affair...
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission is investigating a possible abusive environment at Chrysler’s Toledo North Assembly Plant in light of 45 civil rights complaints...
Question: We have an employee whose desk looks like she has a picnic on it every
day—and she leaves it that way when she goes home at night. Apple
cores, juice...
Question: "I am trying to calculate our employee retention and turnover rate. I
understand that these are two different things relating to: 1) how many
employees we...
Question: “One of our employees has asked her manager if she can 'job share.'
Instead of working full time, she’d work three days, another person
would...
Michigan courts have generally upheld as valid and enforceable provisions within an employment application or employment contract that place time limits on when...
Question: We're a small manufacturing firm with fewer that 50 employees. It's
getting harder to find qualified people, so I'm advocating a stepped up
training program....
Q. Our company requires a doctor’s note for employees who are out sick more than two days. Sometimes the notes look like something the cat dragged in. Can we call...
HR often writes vague and uninspiring mission statements that exclude business goals. Take the following steps to create a mission statement that lays out HR's practical...
Field HR or corporate HR: Neither career path is necessarily better; each has its own challenges and rewards. But there are important differences between the two that...
When managers suspect theft, it’s easy for tempers to rise. But don’t allow the incident to erupt into an ugly confrontation and public humiliation of...
In this age of mergers and acquisitions, it's increasingly common for employees to find themselves employed by a different entity almost overnight. When such changes...
On the back of each baseball card are the vital statistics that immediately tell you the player's proficiency in various skills: hitting, fielding, etc. It would be...
"If I had known I was going to be in HR so long, I would have started to get serious about the profession sooner." Noted HR expert Michael R. Losey says he's heard this...
