Employee Relations

No money changed hands? Legal settlement still stands

10/13/2015

Have you ever considered settling an employment dispute by having an employee promise to quit or retire, without any monetary payment? Don’t worry that such an agreement will later fall apart.

Should you swap performance reviews for a feedback app?

10/09/2015

Some companies, including General Electric, have begun replacing traditional performance reviews with web- and mobile-based apps that let employees provide real-time, 360-degree feedback of one another.

Mentorship: Take the time to pay it forward

10/08/2015

Tania Basheer of Blue Sky Coaching recommends a number of actions you can take to help a new employee grow in his or her career.

Rise and shine with standing desks

10/07/2015

The jury’s still out on standing workstations. If you’re leaning in that direction, here are the benefits you may be overlooking.

NLRB: You can’t gag talk about investigations

10/05/2015

For years, attorneys have urged employers conducting workplace investigations to make the employees they interview swear to keep the conversation confidential. But that conventional wisdom is in danger.

Is it time to require arbitration of employee claims?

10/02/2015

Increasingly, mandatory arbitration clauses are surfacing in employment contracts and employee handbooks. What are the pros and cons?

Telework takes off in last 10 years

10/01/2015

Telecommuting has tripled since 2004, as more than one-fifth of employers now report that at least 10% of their employees work remotely.

What managers need to know about sexual harassment

10/01/2015

Here’s a primer on what sexual harassment is and how to react when you see it.

Should have foreseen psychic reading trouble at the VA

09/30/2015

Following an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general, two high-ranking managers at the VA’s troubled pension management center in Germantown have been suspended for getting too friendly with some employees.

Justice has execs looking over their shoulders

09/28/2015

Attorney General Loretta Lynch appears to be placing her imprint on Justice Department prosecution strategy—by making it a matter of policy to go after not just companies that break the law, but the individual executives and CEOs who tolerate or encourage misdeeds.