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OSHA Anti-Retaliation Rules Survive Challenge
Controversial OSHA anti-retaliation provisions limiting employer safety incentives and drug-testing programs will be enforced beginning Dec. 1 despite an ongoing lawsuit
Undoing Overtime Pay Changes Could Be Tricky
Regardless of the future legal status of the DOL regulations, the changes may end up becoming fixed in many organizations simply because many employers are uncomfortable walking them back for…
Job Seekers Find Job Postings with Video More Compelling
Embedding short, authentic videos—featuring hiring managers and co-workers—within job postings will increase job seeker engagement, according to Trish Davis, director of talent acquisition, recruitment products and vendor relations at Fidelity…
How Do You Rise to the C-Suite? LinkedIn Research Offers Some Clues
An MBA from a top-ranked program, experience in different job functions within the same industry or related industries, and time spent working at company headquarters all are important factors in…
Overtime Rule Delay Gives Opportunity to Fix Scheduling Practices
The halted implementation of the overtime rule gives employers a chance to consider why employees, including mid-level managers, are working overtime on administrative tasks in the first place. Ineffective scheduling…
Your Career Q&A: Where to Go When Your Career Options Are Limited
If your HR department is small or flat, where do you look when you want to move up? Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes…
Mid-Market Executive Pay Shows Momentum
Pay increases for executives at middle-market companies have been rising modestly but steadily, outpacing the average pay raise that employees received
Flexibility for Holiday Time Off Increasingly Important in Diverse Workforce
When it comes to office decorations, staff parties and time off, managers should be flexible and accommodating whenever possible, while soliciting ideas from the rank and file
Book Excerpt: Developing Proficiency in HR—Purposeful Discussion
If we are to learn from others' behaviors and actions and to develop our own behaviors and actions, we need to know how to process and filter the information. One…