HR Management

LinkedIn users: Educated, older and relatively wealthy

09/08/2015

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a Pew Research Center survey found that the career-oriented social media platform skews older than such rivals as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. But age isn’t all that marks LinkedIn as a different kind of online territory.

Craft smart policy on use of smartphones

09/03/2015

Smartphone technology has simply changed too quickly for many employee handbooks to keep up. What should your strategy be?

How often can employees see their files?

09/01/2015

Q. Does Pennsylvania law limit on how frequently employees may review their personnel files?

Mandatory EEO-1 surveys due back to EEOC by Sept. 30

08/29/2015

Check your mail! The EEOC has sent out notification letters alerting large employers that they must complete their 2015 EEO-1 surveys. The EEO-1 is an annual survey that all private employers with 100 or more employees are required to fill out.

Empty your email inbox every day: 4 tips

08/26/2015

Rajeev Goel, CEO of California software firm PubMatic, has trained himself to empty his email inbox by the end of every workday. Here’s how he does it.

The HR I.Q. Test: September ’15

08/26/2015

Here’s your monthly quiz on HR trends and issues.

SHRM survey: If you’re an HR generalist, you’re in demand

08/18/2015

Human resource generalists are the most sought-after HR professionals, with 55% of respondents to a new Society for Human Resource Management survey who are hiring HR talent saying they were hiring for the position.

Use Deflategate’s lessons to get a grip on investigations

08/13/2015

The issues raised by this NFL controversy provide great lessons for those tasked with conducting an investigation in the workplace.

AG investigates retailers for unpredictable scheduling

08/13/2015

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has requested scheduling information from some of the nation’s largest retailers to determine if they are abiding by New York’s “reporting time” law.

Easy hack: Former employees often keep network access

08/03/2015

It’s Item No. 1 on the termination checklist: Ensure former employees can’t get into the computer system. But only about half of IT administrators say they completely cut off network access the same day an employee is terminated.