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Phased Retirement Gets a Second Look
Encouraging phased retirement is one way to mitigate the loss of older workers’ knowledge and experience. Limiting phased retirement opportunities to high-performers and those with in-demand skills, however, could pose…
Viewpoint: People Analytics Shifts from Engagement to Productivity
People analytics has moved from a broad focus on employee engagement to a laser focus on employee productivity--which is what CEOs and senior leaders care about
Automation and Amazon: How They Could Affect the Grocery Business
Industry observers think Amazon's penchant for automation could lead to more unionization efforts at Whole Foods and potential layoffs at the natural foods retailer
Trump’s Tweets Against Transgender Troops May Lead to Workplace Backlash
Transgender people risk greater ostracism at work after President Donald Trump banned them from military service in a series of July 26 tweets
In Focus: National Intern Day Celebrates Country’s Interns
Enterprise companies across the nation are recognizing their hardworking interns July 27 by celebrating National Intern Day
Flexibility, Fairness, Trust, Empowerment Make Work Human
The upside of all the changes taking place in the world of work is that the human element is now being celebrated. But many managers aren't prepared to deal with…
Can a Chiropractor Certify FMLA Leave for the Chronic Bad Back? And Are There Limits?
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employee leave-taking for chiropractic care, but the i's must be dotted and the t's crossed