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HR Management
Almost half of HR managers have demoted someone
08/21/2018
Promotions get all the career-progression glory, but what about the flip side? According to new research from staffing firm OfficeTeam, 46% of HR managers have seen someone at their organization slide down a rung on the career ladder.
Hiring
H-1B visa denials have become more common since Trump took office
08/21/2018
H-1B visas are harder to obtain since President Trump took office, according to an analysis of government data by the National Foundation for American Policy, a Washington think tank.
Employment Law
Senate set to do the unthinkable
08/21/2018
The Senate appears poised to do something it hasn’t been able to pull off in 11 years: Pass an appropriations bill to fund the Department of Labor.
Compensation & Benefits
Snapshot: How much is that promotion worth?
08/21/2018
Average wages have grown just 2.8% since last year. But employees who won promotions saw their pay increase 8.7%.
Employee Relations
Productivity growth hits 3-year high
08/21/2018
Worker productivity grew at its fastest pace in three years during the second quarter of 2018.
Terminations
OK to fire disabled worker who cannot perform job duties
08/08/2018
Sadly, some employee disabilities just can’t be accommodated, which means the employee can be terminated. Just make sure you can back up your contention that there was nothing that could be done to allow the employee to keep working.
Article Archives
Salaries flat in ’19, budgets increasing less than 3%
States moving to make noncompetes more expensive
FEMA tries to manage its own emergency
Jury claps back at age insults, awards millions
Does that decision really require a meeting?
Employees losing ground as inflation outstrips wage growth
Snapshot: Who knows about ban the box?
‘Right-to-work’ law fails Missouri referendum test
Poll: Executives rate HR higher than others do
Sell employees on benefits of HDHP/HSAs
IRS releases 2019 inflation adjustments for HDHP/HSAs
Navigating Minnesota’s 3 paid sick and safe time laws
Former Minn. health department official claims retaliation
Swanson helps end ‘no-poach’ pacts in the fast-food industry
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