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March Madness 2019: Why Employers Should Embrace It…To a Point
I’m always amused when employment lawyers trip over themselves each year at this time to blog about the risks of gambling and lost productivity with the always-popular NCAA basketball tournament. It’s akin to the famed quote from Casablanca when Captain… continue
8 Key Challenges for Global Employers
In today’s digital age, crossing international boundaries can happen as easily as clicking a link on a webpage. And as the ease of connecting around the globe increases, so too do the opportunities for employers to operate on a global… continue
Changing Workplace Culture: The Role of Employee Training
Legislators are realizing that working toward changing workplace cultures to be more inclusive, fair and equitable takes more than a one-hour supervisor training session scheduled every two years.
The District of Columbia is the latest in a growing list of… continue
Determining What Your CEO Cares About (And Adjusting Your Messaging Appropriately)
It’s no secret that there can be a significant disconnect between the CEO (and C-suite) and HR leaders in many organizations.
While HR is focused on ensuring s positive and supportive culture and boosting employee engagement, CEOs are much more… continue
#SHRM18 Chicago: Never Forget Why People Matter
“Too often we’re hearing I went to HR and nothing happened,” says Equifax HR Chief Coretha Rushing at the SHRM 2018 Annual Conference in Chicago. As a prime example, Rushing pointed to a large group of women at Nike turning… continue
Hiring Those With Criminal Backgrounds: Leading the Conversation
Despite the fact that getting a job with a living wage decreases the risk that an individual will commit another crime, society places many barriers to people with criminal records re-entering the workforce.
Many state regulations have occupational licensing requirements… continue
Why US Employers Can’t Ignore EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
It’s just two weeks until the European’s Union’s (EU’s) much-discussed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect.
The GDPR marks the most significant change to European data security protections in more than 20 years, and will be the first time… continue
HR Intel: Your New Employee Handbook is Already Old
Let’s be fair and assume that when you did your most recent handbook update – historically that would be end of 2017 or early 2018 – you prudently accounted for the dozens of laws that would change around the country… continue
What’s Your Strategy for Leveraging the Gig Economy? Do You Have One?
The gig economy is really nothing new, although the term itself and the rapid growth in the number of companies that are hiring remote staff is definitely on the rise. In truth, though, companies have been using gig workers—otherwise known… continue
HR Intel: HR is Losing the Human Touch
It has been happening for years, right under our collective noses. You always knew it was out there, happening to other people, but you thought it could never happen to you. You figured you’d have some advance notice; that the… continue
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