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Companies are increasingly appreciating the importance of training and development, and trainers obviously play a key role in these training and development efforts. Training can come from a dedicated training department, which many companies utilize.
While businesses typically take extensive steps to avoid layoffs, they’re unfortunately part of the business life cycle. As the United States has had a recent uptick in layoffs across various industries, employers should be aware of the potential impact to their permanent residence (green card) immigration programs. The PERM (or labor certification) application is one […]
The concepts and values of leadership have evolved over the years. While the ideas of “Be loyal to your employer and do what you are told,” “Get people to follow you,” or “Climb your way to the top” used to be the standard mode of operation, times have changed. The workforce today is not interested […]
Benefit optimization, as the name implies, is the process used by HR professionals to critically assess the organization’s benefit structure and determine what changes can be made to make the benefit package on offer best serve the organization and the employees.
Terminations are no picnic for anyone, but since they are the genesis of many lawsuits, it’s worth learning how to do them right. Handling them carefully can save cash, calm frayed nerves, and maintain morale and productivity. (As long as you don’t commit one of these 10 sins.)
Boomerang employees are those who leave, decide the grass wasn’t greener elsewhere after all, and want to come back.
Employee termination and turnover are daily challenges for HR—unfortunately, you can’t retain them all! BLR’s Termination and Exit Interviews Survey sought to discover what’s happening in the real world with these important processes. How do your practices stack up?
At our company, one of our core values is innovation. We believe creativity and progressive thinking are critical to our success. I happen to share the opinion of former Ford CEO Mark Fields, who said, “Without innovation, I strongly believe companies die over time.”
How do you handle exempt employees and PTO together? Why does an employee’s exempt status matter for the purposes of taking time off? It comes down to the decisions employers make when exempt employees do not work a full day. Can an employer require an exempt employee to take PTO for the hours not worked […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, Attorney Christine D. Mehfoud showed how well-executed internal investigations are a necessity for compliance programs. Today, we present 5 basic steps that make up an effective investigation.