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Is Social Media Presence Now Essential for Recruiting?

Yesterday’s Advisor looked at recruiting websites—including your company’s own. Today, social media and recruiting, and a look at an extraordinary collection of pre-written job descriptions. Social media sites are moving into the mainstream of business recruiting, and every employer needs to take note. Social networking sites can help you in your recruiting by: Attracting individuals […]

Was It OK to Insist that Employee Receive Alcohol Treatment?

This content was originally published in April 2009. For the latest FMLA regulation changes, visit our FMLA article archives or try our practical FMLA compliance guide. If an employer requires an employee to complete an inpatient alcohol treatment as a condition of keeping his job, does it regard him as an alcoholic? What happened. “Clark” […]

Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable, Word of Mouth Movements

HR Hero Line editor Wendi Watts reviews Brains on Fire by Robbin Phillips, Greg Cordell, and Geno Church, finding useful insight into engaging both employees and customers. Do your customers and employees love you? Do you love your customers and employees? Most HR people would readily admit that a large number of their employees are […]

The 7 Deadly Sins, Manager Style

Managers. Why can’t they just do everything the way they’re supposed to? Wishful thinking. Here are 7 deadly managerial sins yours are probably committing right this very second.

Recruiting Online—Your Website or Mine?

What’s the best approach for online recruiting—outside websites or your own career site? We turn to HR Hero’s Technology for HR guidebook for tips on achieving online success. Recruiting on the Internet It is not an overstatement to say that the internet has totally revolutionized how people find jobs. If you are not currently using […]

Questions and Answers on the New FMLA Regulations

This content was originally published in April 2009. For the latest FMLA regulation changes, visit our FMLA article archives or try our practical FMLA compliance guide. With the new FMLA regulations taking effect, we noticed that many readers had questions on exactly how to comply with the new requirements for family military leave. We thought […]

Conn. Assembly Mandates Paid Sick Leave

Connecticut legislators approved a bill that will require most employers in the service sector to provide paid sick days to their workers, continuing a trend of states creating more paid sick leave rights for workers. The bill passed on a 76-65 vote after a long debate in the state House of Representatives on June 3 […]

Nine of 10 Employment Class Actions in 2010 Involved Wage and Hour Claims, Says Law Firm

Of all class and collective actions filed in 2010 claiming employment law violations, 91 percent involved federal and/or state wage and hour claims, according to the law firm Littler Mendelson LLC. Federal and state wage and hour class and collective actions filed during the 2010 calendar year totaled about 3,785 nationwide, according to data collected […]

HR Interview Questions

What do you, as an HR professional, need to tell your supervisors about interview questions that can be asked during a job interview? The following are permissible interview questions for employers:

Key Exceptions to the Rule of Consistency in HR

Yesterday, we discussed the role of consistency in fighting off discrimination lawsuits. Today, when you might want to appear inconsistent – and an introduction to a key recordkeeping resource that will help you put some of your most important legal obligations on autopilot.