Employee Relations

What issues most concern working women?

11/07/2014

Equal pay is the most important issue working women face today, according to 42% of working women polled. Only 37% of men agree.

Apple’s new HR chief expands employee benefits

11/07/2014

Since Apple promoted a former retail executive to its top HR position in February, the company has added a slew of employee benefits.

Caring about employees leads to more care about work, clients

10/30/2014

On their first day of work, employees of PEP Housing in South Petaluma, Calif., are greeted by a “welcome” sign on their office doors—the boss’s first effort to show the new staff member that he or she “belongs.”

5 principles for creating a culture of positivity at work

10/27/2014

Positivity is what keeps a workplace ticking. It all starts with supervisors. And all they have to do is treat employees better.

Disengaged at work? Probably a business major

10/24/2014

Recent college grads who majored in business are least likely to express strong interest in the work they do now, according to a recent Gallup survey.

Bullying: The workplace’s equal opportunity problem

10/22/2014

Twenty-eight percent of workers responding to a new CareerBuilder.com poll say they have felt bullied at work. For 19%, the abuse was so bad they quit their jobs because of it.

Woo VIP sponsor as group champion

10/21/2014

No matter how productive your HR team’s performance, its real impact depends on whether higher-ups will listen. That’s why you need to recruit a team advisor to make sure your group’s work pays off.

DOL: Baby Vision tried to silence workers, thwart probe

10/15/2014

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a restraining order against BabyVision Inc. in Poughkeepsie after workers reported being threatened and intimidated by the company’s two owners.

Discipline when dashed romance affects work

10/14/2014

Bad relationships can affect employees in surprising ways. When a romance ends, anger and frustration at home can wind up infecting the workplace. You can discipline employees if blow-back from love gone wrong harms your business.

Maybe at least the bagels and coffee are still free?

10/09/2014

Underperformers in IBM’s Global Technology Services strategic outsourcing group have been ordered to spend one day per week for the next six months in training—and take a 10% pay cut for the duration.