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New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New Jersey
Last year New Jersey state and local legislatures implemented several employment laws and ordinances that are set to take effect in 2017
What Do Young Job Seekers Expect to Earn Around the World?
Business and engineering students from the United States will be among the most expensive to hire this year, according to a study from employer branding firm Universum
Why Aren’t Women Working in Cybersecurity?
Industry professionals say companies can close the gender gap in the cybersecurity field by working with schools to educate girls, marketing cybersecurity career opportunities to women and promoting women to…
Your Career Q&A: How to Pursue Professional Education in HR
As a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, you have full access to one of the most comprehensive professional support websites in existence
Employers May Adopt ‘Narrow Networks’ of Health Care Providers
Despite employers' slow adoption of “narrow networks,” more are considering limiting their plans' in-network health providers to those that offer pricing discounts for their services. Networks are also being limited…
Budgets, Performance Reviews Make Workplaces Ripe for Hostility
How can HR pros ensure that interactions remain civil during stressful start-of-the-year tasks?
Texas Lieutenant Governor Launches Effort to Enact ‘Bathroom Bill’
Dan Patrick, lieutenant governor of Texas and supporter of North Carolina's so-called bathroom bill, unveiled on Jan. 5 similar legislation in Texas
Employers Are Banking on Paid Time Off
More employers are switching to paid-time-off (PTO) banks that bundled together sick time, vacation and other days off, making this an increasingly popular approach to administering paid leave. At the…
HR Beware: ’Tis the Season for W-2 Scams
Between January and March of last year, more than 55 businesses had reportedly been tricked into e-mailing criminals sensitive payroll data. HR professionals—some of whom were fired for exposing private…
Is the Annual Pay Raise Obsolete?
Companies are shifting some—or even all—of their salary increase budget to variable pay incentive programs and limiting base pay increases to market adjustments. But eliminating merit increases doesn’t mean backing…