Do you offer extra off-duty training for employees that, while technically voluntary, is strongly recommended? If training participants are hourly employees, chances are...
Here’s an unexpected factor to consider when an employee requests part-time work following childbearing leave: How you set her pay rate may create Equal Pay Act...
Charlie Munger, able partner of financier Warren Buffett, got frustrated early in his career because, as Buffett describes it, “he thought he was smarter than...
Nobody ever sets out to make a bad hire. But it happens, even to the best hiring managers. From managers' inadequate preparation to misguided hiring criteria to...
You'd be forgiven for expecting Shaun White to become a shill after winning a gold medal in snowboarding at the Olympics and more gold in skateboarding at the Summer X...
Talent-based interviewing asks questions about real-life situations that are phrased in a unique way to elicit a candidate’s first (natural) response. This is a...
Outback Steakhouse has agreed to pay $1.25 million to Minnesota employees to remedy what servers at the restaurant chain said was an illegal tip-pooling...
The National Organization on Disability has cited nine companies for making the hiring of employees with disabilities a corporate priority. The “Fine Nine”...
The end of U.S. military combat operations in Iraq means that more "citizen soldiers" will be returning to the civilian workforce. That makes it critical for HR...
Here’s a good way to stop needless sexual or other harassment claims: Empower even low-level supervisors to immediately remove any material anyone could consider...
Billy Beane revolutionized the way baseball players are valued and also exploited the advantages of timing. The reason his Oakland A’s played like a different team...
The current employment situation is tough, meaning there is intense competition for relatively few jobs. You’re probably rejecting more applicants now than...
Employers that make verbal promises of workplace job security in order to lure job applicants or retain employees leave themselves open to claims of breach of an...
The downfall of a prominent CEO offers a cautionary tale about the need for self-awareness and continual self-improvement: Jeff Kindler was forced to resign a little...
With a record number of Americans now in prison and police and prosecutors increasingly taking a hard line on crime of all kinds, more employers are finding...
