Come up with a job-related prehire test that is consistent with business necessity. Be sure to consider reasonable accommodations for any disabled applicants.
Compensation – why are wage and hour suits on the rise?
The federal government’s added emphasis on enforcing wage-and-hour laws mixed with workers’ contempt for being asked to work longer hours without increased pay during the recession has turned into a dangerous cocktail for employers.
What Does Hiring Employees and Approving Mortgages Have in Common?
Talent Analytics CEO Greta Roberts explains what hiring & credit risk have in common.
The 10 Biggest Killers Of Employee Motivation
Usually one of these 10 motivation killers will find a way to sneak up on your happiness (or your employee’s happiness) and kick it right to the floor.
Political Speech in the Workplace: Employers Beware!
Many people are surprised to learn that free speech at work isn’t the same as free speech on the street.
Terminations – Manage Employee Thief Right Out the Door
If you think shoplifters are your biggest problem, think again. In North America, employee theft surpasses shoplifting and in amounts eight times the average stolen by shoplifters.
Hiring – Seven “Non-Negotiables” to Prevent a Bad Hire
The costs of a bad hire are staggering. A recent survey by Career Builder reports more than two-thirds of employers were affected by a bad hire last year…
Human resources – commitment, not complacency
There’s no room for complacency in my HR. In a recent Fast Company article, Why RIM Lost Its Crew, Its Groove, the author writes that complacency was one of the factors killing RIM. That’s big. {If you weren’t aware, RIM makes Blackberry. No worries, I own a Blackberry and didn’t always know that either.} A complacent satisfaction with […]
“Holla For The Dollar” – HR Lessons
In a previous life I worked for an organization that managed outsourced emergency departments and hospitalist services for hospitals nationally. Our accounts were in extremely difficult markets which meant that every physician we had the honor of hiring was priceless.
6 steps to protecting your company’s data on an employee’s device
…if an employee’s relationship with the company is severed, that same valuable and sometimes sensitive corporate data is now on an employee-owned device…