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Spring flings: Love is in full bloom in the workplace

02/23/2017
Romance in your workplace may be more common than you think.

3 times you should procrastinate

02/22/2017
Procrastination gets a seriously bad name. However, here are three situations when it might be your best option.

From worst to first: Nevada job creation surges

02/21/2017
Nevada showed the strongest job growth in the United States last year, capping a six-year rise from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs.

Snapshot: U.S. computer scientists from other nations, 1970 – 2010

02/21/2017
The percentage of foreign-national computer scientists, many of whom came to the United States on H-1B visas, has increased steadily in the last 40 years.

Watch your language: Texas court addresses wording of noncompetes

02/07/2017
Since courts analyze noncompetes under standard contract interpretation principles, the language beyond the exchange of consideration can also be critical to the enforceability of an agreement.

Managing retention and turnover is top HR challenge

02/07/2017
A new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management suggests that a strong job market is affecting where HR departments focus their efforts.

Snapshot: EEOC charges of religious bias, 2006 – 2016

02/07/2017
Complaints of religious discrimination filed with the EEOC have increased by 50% since 2006 and 80% since 2001.

The HR I.Q. Test: February ’17

02/01/2017
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

Depressed real estate market stunted job mobility

01/31/2017
Upside-down mortgages and stagnant home sales affected job mobility during the Great Recession and likely made the economic slowdown even worse than it would have been anyway.

What should we do? Only after accepting job did we figure out her husband works here

01/30/2017
Q. We recently hired an amazing applicant for a position at our large accounting firm. After signing her offer, she casually mentioned that her husband works here. We have a policy against office romances. Can we dismiss either her or her husband for this reason?