Tag: performance

October 27, 2020

It isn’t any secret that immigration issues have been a hot topic in employment for the last several years. One such issue involved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly referred to as “DACA.” A recent U.S. Supreme Court […]

October 27, 2020

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) mandates the federal minimum wage level and requirement to pay employees overtime for hours in excess of 40 per workweek. While there are many more components to the FLSA, these are two that tend […]

October 27, 2020

Today’s workforce, especially the younger generations, values growth and development. In fact, the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Skills Gap 2019 report indicates that “over 50% of respondents feel that skills shortages have worsened or greatly worsened in their […]

October 27, 2020

Organizations that learn well also perform well … do you agree? We both do; if you are learning more skillfully than your competitors, performance and engagement will be differentiated. In this way, corporate learning should be a serious undertaking. We […]

October 26, 2020

California lawmakers significantly expanded employee access to family and medical leave under the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Here’s what employers need to know about changes that will take effect Jan. 1, 2021. “Now employees of all but the tiniest […]

October 26, 2020

Automatic Payroll Systems, Inc. (APS), a provider of best-in-class workforce management technology, is featured in the Comparably 2020 Workplace Awards. APS has earned four company culture awards: Best Work-Life Balance, Best Perks & Benefits, Best Compensation, and Happiest Employees. APS […]

October 26, 2020

What You Need to Know About Risk Analysis for the SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP Exam When you study for your SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP exams, you’ll find a lot of information on risk management and business risk analysis. There will be questions […]

October 26, 2020

On a Reddit post, I advised a poster to speak with her HR department. Several people jumped in to say no, go straight to the Labor Board, as HR is bad. This is sometimes true, and I clarified that if […]

October 23, 2020

Conducting job analyses and making sure your organization’s formal and informal systems support values such as respect, responsibility, integrity and community are ways workplace leaders can create a more inclusive culture, according to two members of the Society for Human […]

October 23, 2020

With everything that’s broken in the world right now, HR and talent acquisition (TA) professionals must focus on creating experiences that can deliver speed, convenience, and help, says Tracey Parsons, President of Parsons Strategic Consulting, in a recent HR Now […]