Your Career Q&A: Coming Out of Retirement
This week's letter writer has retired but is ready to rejoin the workforce. Our columnist recommends joining a temp agency and local SHRM chapter to build new skills and create…
Survey: Male Recruiters More Likely to Judge Candidates on Appearance
When it comes to evaluating candidates, there are some startling differences between male and female talent acquisition professionals and between Millennial recruiters and their more-senior counterparts, according to Jobvite's 2017…
Will California See Dueling ‘Fair Scheduling’ Proposals in 2018?
Popular legislative proposals sometimes generate competition among legislators for who will be the first to introduce a bill on a given subject. In California, it appears the next topic to…
Mayor Signs Law Adding Safe Time to NYC Earned Sick Time
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a new law requiring employers to provide paid time off for hours taken in connection with family offense matters, sexual offenses, stalking,…
Rising Diabetes Rates Are Costly for Employers
Type 2 diabetes, characterized by high blood sugar and insulin resistance, is increasing among
Private Exchanges Evolve with Demand
Private benefits exchanges—commercially marketed platforms on which employees can shop for a wide range of employer-sponsored health and voluntary benefits—are gradually evolving as businesses adjust to rising health care costs…
Employee Engagement Platforms: More than Feedback Tools
Engagement vendors now offer a breadth of easy-to-complete, "always on" pulse or annual surveys and sentiment analysis tools that can sift through open-ended feedback to quickly identify themes or trends.…
What Will Happen with Wage and Hour Laws Under Trump?
President Donald Trump has promised to undo Obama-era regulations that business groups say are overly burdensome. Here’s what that means for wage and hour laws that affect employers
The Minimum Wage in 2018: A Rates-Only Update
Minimum wage laws can impact businesses of all sizes, whether operating nationwide, in multiple jurisdictions, or only in one city, county or state. To help manage this challenge, here is…
Here’s What AI In Recruitment Will Never Do
If you bear any mind to the recruiting conference circuit, or even have spent any time mouse-potatoing your way around the talent acquisition blogosphere, you’ve seen plenty of material about…