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California Rule Gives Employees Access to Injury and Illness Prevention Plan
California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved a rule allowing employees to access to their employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Plan. The new standard is expected to take effect…
New Jersey Court Commands Cannabis Reimbursement in Workers’ Comp Case
Employers in New Jersey may need to reimburse workers for medical cannabis following a workplace accident, despite federal prohibitions against cannabis distribution, according to a recent state appeals court ruling
6 Coping Strategies When Your Best Workers Start Retiring
Baby boomers are retiring from their long-time employers in droves. Some companies can't afford to let some of these people go, especially at a time of general labor scarcity
The H-1B Visa Filing Process Has Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know
The annual rush to file H-1B cap-subject visa petitions during the first five business days of April seems like it could be a thing of the past. Employers that want…
Some Employers Are Still Unsure About Hiring 'Dreamers'
Candy Marshall, president of , discussed the issue of hiring undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children—known as DREAMers, with SHRM Online
How to Define Your Own Career Success
"There is so much pressure to be constantly advancing one's career. Is it really important to continuously advance? Maybe more important, is it OK to not want to be promoted…
You’re a Brand-New Manager. Now What?
You've been promoted into management. And things aren’t going so well
Booming Hotel Industry Strives to Fill Roles
Staffing the nation’s hotels, motels and resorts involves working around a multitude of challenges—a negative-perception problem, high turnover, historically low unemployment and competition from the gig economy. And then there’s…
Self-Service Scheduling Apps Benefit Hourly Workers and Managers
The digital revolution has benefitted many employees in the workforce, but one group has often been left behind: hourly workers. Now, there are shift-scheduling apps that can make the lives…
Platform-as-a-Service and App Marketplaces Fill Gaps in HR Technology
While the cloud technology known as software-as-a-service (SAAS) is designed to meet many of HR’s core record-keeping or talent management needs, it comes with a significant shortfall: It can’t be…