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The following case is a cautionary tale about decisive action and one type of legal risk: defamation claims. Although this particular case turned on a legal technicality, it’s useful to show how communicating about your reasons for taking an adverse action can turn into litigation.
With energy prices and inflation surging, supply chains in disarray, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, war raging in Ukraine, and the U.S. stock market in free fall, the risk of a recession grows by the day. Recently, both Walmart and Target posted a stunning drop in earnings as their operating costs spiked and consumers avoided splurging […]
Yesterday’s Advisor presented important information (plus a quiz) regarding workplace violence, the second leading cause of occupational fatalities in the United States. Today, we provide a handy infographic addressing violence prevention. Are you doing your part to keep your workers safe? Check out the infographic below to learn who’s at risk for workplace violence and […]
When workers voluntarily leave the company, one would assume that the employee is leaving for better opportunities. However, in a tight labor market, rehiring former employees is becoming more popular among employers. But research finds that former employees are hesitant to go back.
Much has been said about health care workforce shortages when it comes to physicians, nurses, and other providers. But equally important are the shortages the non-clinical and shared services staff face. Compensation leaders support the optimization of labor resources so clinicians, the organization, and its leaders can run at peak performance. In partnership with HR […]
Vehicles are driving some wacky workers’ comp stories that resulted in fraud charges for a car driver and a bike rider.
When a single Starbucks® employee refused to yell out “Trump”—the name a customer gave when placing an order—he made national headlines and set off a social media protest against the company.
By Archana Mehta Certification helps busy HR managers keep up with the changing professional landscape, according to Archana Mehta. In this guest post reprinted with permission of the HR Certification Institute, Mehta discusses the expansive role of human resources, and how it embraces change.
A recent McKinsey report found that 87% of employers anticipate or are currently encountering shortages in necessary skill sets. Add to that, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rendering certain human capabilities obsolete, and we’re experiencing a concerning number of job losses across industries. These changes have created a disparity between the required skills […]
There is a lot of discussion about work-life balance in the U.S. workforce. Employees often feel like, between a full-time job and non-work obligations like child-rearing, they don’t have time to pursue passions like hobbies, exercise, or travel. And it doesn’t seem like things get easier at the top. The perception is often that it’s […]