Development & Evaluation, Employee development
January 19, 2023
Via: SHRMAs HR professionals, we have a unique role in promoting lifelong learning, writes columnist Carl Zangerl, Ph.D. On one level, we can help provide learning opportunities for people in our organizations. On another level, we can serve as role models […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee development
October 20, 2022
Via: SHRMIf you’re like most HR professionals and began your career at an entry-level position, you likely started as a generalist, handling a wide variety of responsibilities. According to SHRM’s sample job description, an HR generalist runs the daily functions of […]
April 20, 2022
Via: SHRMThe SHRM certification exams are not easy, as most people who start investigating HR certifications soon find out. Both the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP exams are fair, but tough, and each covers a lot of ground. Early-career HR professionals likely need […]
Development & Evaluation, Engagement
April 20, 2022
Via: SHRMThe Great Resignation, today’s turnover crisis, is one of the many long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why are U.S. workers searching for new jobs? Here are their top three reasons, according to SHRM’s research survey, Surviving the Great Resignation: […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee retention
February 1, 2022
Via: SHRMThe phenomenon called the Great Resignation continued in December 2021, as 4.3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs. That’s slightly down from the record 4.5 million in November and continues a monthslong streak of historically elevated churn, according to the […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee development
November 18, 2021
Via: SHRMI began my career as an HR representative in the learning & development and recruitment unit of a construction company. After two years, I was eager to learn more, so I enrolled in multiple behavioral training courses. Among the fellow […]
November 18, 2021
Via: SHRMFor SHRM certification, now in its seventh year of operations, the rapid-fire challenges of 2020 that needed immediate solutions due to the global pandemic have evolved in 2021 into a smoother cadence of troubleshooting less urgent issues. This respite has […]
August 20, 2021
Via: SHRMA Napa County corrections officer who alleged that he had been harassed and who then was pressured to describe the harassment during his ensuing medical leave could bring a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference claim, a federal district […]
July 7, 2021
Via: SHRMBusinesses should prepare a strategy for submitting employee pay data on their EEO-1 reports while they wait for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to respond to a court order to start […]
January 22, 2020
Via: SHRMWellness programs have long been touted as a way to control health care costs by helping employees kick bad habits such as smoking and unhealthy diets and adopt better ones, thus reducing expenses for treating chronic diseases. Questions linger, however, […]
November 1, 2019
Via: SHRMMany HR professionals view their responsibility toward legal risks as being to identify and then avoid them. In my experience, this is a mistake. Rather, HR’s job should be to identify, assess and manage legal risks. Many years ago, I […]
Development & Evaluation, Engagement
May 2, 2019
Via: SHRMTax changes that took effect last year now limit employers’ ability to deduct employee entertainment events. But if businesses carefully navigate the new rules, exceptions allow them to continue deducting many employee meals and parties, at least in part. How […]
January 4, 2019
Via: SHRMCalifornia’s prevailing wage law requires that all workers employed on “public works”—generally, construction projects—be paid at least as much as is generally paid for the performance of similar work in the same geographic area. A California appellate court has ruled […]
October 2, 2018
Via: SHRMThe U.S. Supreme Court started a new term Oct. 1 and immediately jumped into oral argument in an age-discrimination case. The high court will also hear arguments in an arbitration case later this week. Here are the key issues on […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee development
September 19, 2017
Via: SHRM HR NewsIf you’re trying for a promotion, you still have to win over the new job’s supervisors—even if they already know you. Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to […]
September 6, 2017
Via: SHRMAformer teacher’s assistant could pursue his interference and retaliation claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) because he properly alleged he was eligible for FMLA leave and argued his employer school district miscalculated the amount of leave time […]
September 5, 2017
Via: SHRMThis is the final article in a three-part series about California-specific workplace compliance issues. Part One focused on four leave-law idiosyncrasies and Part Two highlighted four wage and hour compliance challenges specific to California. California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act […]
January 27, 2017
Via: SHRMPresident Donald Trump has called for deregulation at the federal level in many areas. This includes repealing the Affordable Care Act and undoing some employment-related requirements for federal contractors. Trump has also said that he supports the right of states […]
December 30, 2016
Via: SHRMDeregulation at the federal level is likely to be prevalent in 2017, but expect more protections at the state level, employment attorneys say. While storm clouds loom over the fiduciary rule, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and […]
November 23, 2016
Via: SHRMA federal judge in Texas has blocked the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new federal overtime rule, which would have raised the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay from $23,660 to $47,476. Judge Amos Mazzant of […]