NLRB Voices Concerns About Electronic Surveillance and Automated Management Practices
The National Labor Relation Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, recently issued a memorandum for employers that sets out to...
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No ‘Cat’s Paw’ Liability if Decision-Makers Conducted Their Own Investigations
Even if an employee’s use of leave sparked retaliation from her supervisor, the employer was not liable because it...
FLSA Protects Potential Class-Action Plaintiffs from Retaliation
The 3rd Circuit held that an employer retaliated against an employee by not hiring him at its subsidiary, based...
Implementing HR tech: 8 realities HR must realize about rollouts
In my last column, I laid out the sometimes-daunting steps to take and obstacles to overcome in implementing a...
What’s behind the growing interest in voluntary benefits?
Fueled by shrinking dollars and an eagerness to protect themselves against financial fragilities, employees are more interested in adding...
Amid ‘triple squeeze’ of pressures, HR setting its sights on leader effectiveness
If there’s one word to describe the mood of HR leaders as they get ready to head into 2023,...
The pitfalls in companies’ D,E&I initiatives
In recent years, discussions surrounding the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion (D,E&I) have become more commonplace in work...
The Usual Headlines Aren’t Telling the True Story About the Labor Market
The U.S. labor market added 261,000 jobs in October. It was another very solid month of job gains, and...
Calling time on traditional talent management
In the world of HR, we’ve all become familiar with (and perhaps increasingly oblivious), to easy-to-grasp, catch-all terms. Take...
HR’s more strategic now
As our next show, UNLEASH World, approaches we go back to America in May as Kate Graham talks to...
What talent trends are coming in 2023?
The talent agenda has had a volatile couple of years. Back in 2020, COVID-19 led to record-high redundancy rates....
The Importance of Corporate Training and Development in a Dynamic Global Economy
Some organizations believe there are at least two possible approaches to ensuring staff have the right skills to compete...
Making a Difference: A Data-Driven Approach to Impacting DEI
We often note the circuitous and fortuitous paths that lead many of the subjects in our series on diversity...
Cybersecurity Awareness Training in the Workplace
In this digital age, more people are seeing the advantages of conducting business online. With this mass entry into...
Four Recruiting and Hiring Predictions for 2023
It’s too convenient, in these tumultuous times, to chalk up almost any shift in the way we live and...
Talent ‘Rediscovery’ Tools Help Address Labor Shortages
Recruiters struggling to fill open jobs from what continue to be thin candidate pools often overlook one of the...
How Small Employers Are Preparing for a Recession
While larger companies often are better suited to survive a downturn, small organizations can find it much more challenging....
Viewpoint: Businesses Must Adjust to Fill the Talent Gap
Many employees nationwide are questioning the necessity of return-to-office mandates, which have led to workers swapping jobs within their...
Nondisclosure Agreements May Not Cover Sexual Misconduct Claims
Employers may need to reconsider how they use nondisclosure agreements in the wake of recent congressional action and new...
Supporting Employees Who Remain After Layoffs
As more companies announce layoffs before the holidays, employees who remain may still have their jobs, but also carry...