The HR Specialist

08/16/2018

Massachusetts this summer became the first state to pass legislation requiring employers to compensate workers who sign noncompete agreements for up to a year if the employer decides to enforce the noncompete.

08/14/2018

Meetings are an essential platform for sharing information, brainstorming new ideas and collaborating as a team. But are they always necessary? Not according to those recently polled by Accountemps.

08/14/2018

Eleven states and dozens of localities make it unlawful to ask about arrests or convictions on job applications.

08/14/2018

The “real wage” metric the federal government uses to gauge the average American’s take-home pay fell 2 cents in the last year, to $10.76 per hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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.

07/26/2018

When you document disciplinary action, make sure you provide enough detail in your report to put the decision in context. You may need them later to show a judge exactly what you were thinking when you made your decision.