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What Your Candidate Rejection Process Says About Your Culture
We recently hired a new intern class for the summer. Every year, I’m reminded how much rejecting finalist intern candidates stinks, mostly because college students aren’t desensitized yet to the…
Communicating Respect: Know Your Audience
There are ways to make your communication feel like a conversation, not a lecture
Future Tech Forecast: Large-Scale Adoption Of Freelancers
The negative stigmas associated with freelance workers are beginning to disappear
How Smart Contracts Could Change The Way You Do Business
A number of companies are working on smart contract templates that businesses can easily adapt for their own needs
How mentoring should actually work (on both sides)
What matters to me SHRM has been talking about mentorship a good deal recently, including an article on “How To Find The Right HR Mentor” and another on “Elevating The…
Why Candidate Engagement Matters More Than Ever
There used to be a time when candidate engagement didn’t matter. If you didn’t get a call back from a company that you sent a resume to, that was that
Summer Dress at Work: What’s Appropriate and What’s Not
When it comes to dressing casually at work during the summer, what's appropriate and what's not? Sandals? Yoga pants? Leggings? Short skirts? Spaghetti-strap tops?
What the Demise of the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Means for Plan Sponsors
The Department of Labor's fiduciary advice rule changed the way retirement plan sponsors contract with financial services firms. Now that it's been vacated by an appellate decision that the DOL…
FMLA Leave Properly Denied for Incapacity with Unknown Duration
A former employee who reported the duration of his medical condition as "not determined" upon his application for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was properly denied…
Chemical Plant Worker Can Proceed with FMLA Claims
A chemical plant worker can proceed with his claim that he was wrongfully discharged under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), even though the employer claimed that there were…



