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Cultivate a High-Energy Workforce
Energy, in its myriad forms, is the driver of performance. When organizations make a commitment to helping their people develop better energy-management skills, typically through efforts owned by HR, they…
Trump Names Victoria Lipnic Acting Chair of EEOC
The new acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a great choice for business and workers alike, management attorneys say
Generic or Specific Termination Letters: What’s in Your Company’s Best Interest?
Providing accurate and specific termination letters may be in the company's best interests because details of the situation serve to demonstrate that the termination was legitimate, consistent and based on…
Viewpoint: Time to Revisit the Electronic Distribution Rules for SPDs
For most employers, creating and distributing summary plan descriptions (SPDs) for each health plan option is viewed as a necessary evil. Complicating matters are the nearly 15-year-old Department of Labor…
Unpaid Overtime Results in Lawsuit
A Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) agent can sue the KBI director for his firing, which was allegedly in retaliation for his refusal to adhere to the director's demand that…
Know Before You Hire: 2017 Employment Screening Trends
Human resource professionals conducting pre-employment background checks in 2017 will have to adapt to the growth of the ban-the-box movement and the gig workforce. They’ll also need to take care…
Your Career Q&A: How Can You Increase Your Job Security?
Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. This week, Martin advises an HR…
9 HR Tech Trends for 2017
Understand--and prepare--for dramatic changes shaping the HR technology market
Career Lessons from Coretha Rushing: Always Re-Create Yourself
SHRM's new board chair and Equifax CHRO talks about the path that led her to HR, how she sees the profession evolving, and what HR professionals can do to stay…