Common HR Audits—Is Your Team Conducting These?
Audit is such a dreaded word. Who wants to be audited? Pretty much no one. But if you get audited, wouldn’t it be better if you were prepared and had a reasonable belief that no issues would be found?
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OFCCP issues checklist on disability employment requirements
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a checklist designed to help contractors analyze whether their affirmative action plans meet the government’s requirements for ensuring employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The checklist is designed to help federal contractors meet the requirements of Section 503 of the […]
Game of Thrones: Trial by combat
Winter is coming, but not soon enough for those of us eager for Season 6 of Game of Thrones. While we wait, I’d like to rewind to one of my favorite episodes from Season 4 involving Tyrion’s trial for the murder of his nephew. As you may recall, Tyrion’s long-time rivalry with his sister, Cersei, […]
What’s Worse than Speaking in Public?
Most people in the United States believe they deserve a raise (89 percent) but would rather do onerous activities than actually request one, according to a survey by staffing firm Robert Half.
Do You Work In HR? You Should Know What the Future of HR Technology Looks Like
By Rakesh Singh The field of human resources has lately been the subject of numerous studies in the hope of using technology to make HR function better. Companies are blending technology into all aspects of the employee life cycle. This includes hiring, interviewing, training, and developing an employee.
Employer permitted to post employee photos in workplace
by Alexis Charpentier The right to privacy is constantly evolving. And that has implications in the workplace. Just how far employees’ privacy rights extend is constantly at issue. Recently an arbitrator in Quebec had to decide whether employees’ privacy rights extended so far that they could object to their employer’s decision to post their photos, […]
Millennial women and work: Tackling the recruit and retain challenge
Employers can turn up reams of research on millennial employees. They’re generally considered well-educated, tech-savvy workers who crave flexibility and collaboration. But the research rarely focuses on millennial women in the workplace, so employers are left wondering just how they can most effectively recruit, motivate, retain, and get the most out of their female millennial […]
Preventing workplace bullying: Start with training and a good policy
by Sue Woods Generally, workplace bullying can be defined as repeated unreasonable actions directed toward an employee or a group of employees that are intended to intimidate, degrade, or humiliate. In some cases, workplace bullying may involve misuse or abuse of power by supervisors or managers. In other cases, it may involve a group of […]
Training too weird even for Austin
by Mark R. Flora Perhaps you have already heard about the recent firestorm created during a diversity training session for city employees in, of all places, Austin, the capital of political correctness. The training was actually held in March, but the uproar followed an article in the Statesman in May. The hue and cry was […]
Long wait for Dodd-Frank standards turns out to be much ado about nothing
by H. Mark Adams “Much ado about nothing” is just one literary turn of phrase that comes to mind when considering the initial uproar over Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the long wait for its implementing regulations. Here’s some background to add some perspective to that observation. […]