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The Rock Star Candidate with a Checkered Past
How should an HR department respond if it has an outstanding job candidate who has also led an organization where sexual harassment or other misconduct was not addressed?
Top 5 State and Local Workplace Compliance Articles of 2016
2016 saw a flurry of activity at the state and local levels as workplace measures stalled in Congress. Here are some of the most popular articles in 2016 in the…
Purchase of Former Employee’s Stock Did Not Violate ERISA
A company did not breach its fiduciary duty or improperly deny benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by purchasing stock shares held by a former employee, according…
Developing Proficiency in HR: Role Play
The following is excerpted from Chapter 4 of Developing Proficiency in HR: 7 Self-Directed Learning Activities for HR Professionals (SHRM, 2016), written by Debra Cohen,
The Top 5 Labor Relations Articles of 2016
A social media policy ruling from the National Labor Relations Board made HR professionals sit up and take notice in 2016
Your Career Q&A: How to Ask for Time to Consider a Job Offer
Staying in touch with the hiring managers while you make your decision is key. While you may have really needed time to decide, it is better to ask for just…
GE’s Move into Digital Necessitated ‘Blitzscale’ Hiring
GE was tasked with aggressively recruiting in a new market after it formed its digital transformation business GE Digital in 2012. The 124-year-old company, primarily known for manufacturing light bulbs…
HHS Sets 2018 Health Plan Out-of-Pocket Maximums
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized the 2018 out-of-pocket (OOP) maximums on the amounts that enrollees in nongrandfathered health plans must pay through cost-sharing. The reconciliation…
Kimberly-Clark Seeks ‘Original Thinkers’
Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark—the company behind consumer brands like Kleenex, Cottonelle and Huggies—is betting on an employer branding push to convince Millennial and tech talent to move to its Neenah, Wis., campus…