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Office Desk Sensors Can Cause Employee Anxiety
Companies worldwide have attached special sensors beneath their employees' desks to monitor office space usage and reduce real estate costs. But mistrustful employees have balked at OccupEye, the small black…
SHRM Advocates Seek More Flexibility for Benefit Plan Disclosures
Members of the Society for Human Resource Management's volunteer Advocacy Team spoke out at an ERISA Advisory Council hearing in support of regulatory changes that would make health care and…
Hurricane Harvey: Helping Storm Victims from the Workplace
As the workweek begins today, many conversations are going to turn to the devastation that Hurricane Harvey caused this weekend in Houston, southeast Texas and coastal Louisiana. Employees all over…
Job Seekers Are Frustrated With Automated Recruiting
A new report reveals that 82 percent of job seekers are frustrated with an overly automated recruiting experience
How to Guard Benefits Plans from Cyberattacks
Because employee health and retirement plans are often targets of cyberattacks, HR professionals shoudl take precautions to defend against these assaults
The Risks of Bias Testing
How can HR address forms of bias that employees may be unaware that they hold?
Are You Suffering From 'Sunday Afternoon' Syndrome?
When Fridays always seem so distant, and when at about 3
Immigration Rechecks May Violate the NLRA
Employers need to be aware of a recent case that highlights the importance of establishing robust company policies to achieve compliance with both the Immigration Reform and Control Act of…
Trump Seeks to Make Permanent ‘Extreme Vetting’ Questions for Certain Visa Applicants
A proposal from the Trump administration would make “extreme vetting” a permanent fixture of questionnaires that certain visa applicants—including some of those petitioning for employment-based visas—must complete