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By Richard L. Rainey, JD In North Carolina, initial employment is sufficient consideration to support a noncompete agreement. However, if an individual is already an employee, additional consideration must be provided to support a noncompete. (Consideration is something of value given to an employee for signing the noncompete.)
For every dollar an American man makes, his equally qualified female counterpart makes just 82 cents. And according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the consequences of this wage gap extend beyond the checking account—women who earn less than their male peers are at greater risk for […]
By Jen Carsen, J.D. and Sharon McKnight, CCP SPHR Wouldn’t it be great if every job title in your organization were included in every salary database?
Yesterday’s Advisor covered some travel expense-saving techniques as well as Zika-oriented travel safety tips. Today, we’ll take a look at general business travel safety tips.
By Mario Moussa, PhD, Derek Newberry, PhD, and Madeline Boyer In yesterday’s Advisor, Dr. Mario Moussa, Dr. Derek Newberry, and Madeline Boyer, authors of Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance, presented two of the five most damaging teamwork ills and the prescriptions to remedy them. Today, Moussa, Newberry, and Boyer discuss the […]
In Yesterday’s Advisor, we heard about a recent report that suggests that most employees prefer to choose their own benefits with a private exchange. Today we’ll take a look at how employers can benefit from these systems as well.
by Dan Oswald I guess we’re all afraid of something. When we were kids, we might have been afraid of the dark or monsters under the bed. As adults, those fears often seem bigger or more real. We may have a fear of heights, the outdoors, or even failure. The problem is that fear puts […]
With the new movie, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, in the theaters, these comic icons are in the news. Also in the news are the constant discovery of so-called “pay gaps,” where one group receives more pay than others doing the same job. But who would have thought that pay disparities exist between superheroes?
A survey conducted among 2,000 employees and HR leaders from the United States and the United Kingdom has found that one-third of the workforce in each country is likely to leave their current employers within 6 months.
By Kim Keeling Smith, Ignite Global In a tight labor market, such as this, many companies start entertaining the idea of poaching talent from their competitors. While proactively recruiting passive candidates (sometimes called passive recruiting) is always a good idea, poaching may (or may not) be right for you.