HR Management

Adding an arbitration agreement? Make it retroactive

01/03/2014

Are you considering adding an arbitration agreement to your terms and conditions of employment? If you do, make sure the contract includes a retroactive clause that makes arbitration the remedy for past complaints, too.

Dilbert’s creator talks about the passion

01/03/2014

Cartoonist Scott Adams has written a book that skewers traditional business self-improvement manuals as deftly as Catbert the Evil Director of Human Resources regularly rips Dilbert: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.

The HR I.Q. Test: January ’14

01/02/2014

Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz …

Deflecting Cupid’s arrow in an environment shaped by #MeToo

01/01/2014

With Valentine’s Day on the way, now is an excellent time to reexamine sexual harassment policies.

Want to stay out of court? Here are 10 basic rules HR must follow

01/01/2014

While lawsuits may be practically inevitable in today’s litigious society, losing them is not. Use the following 10 rules to prevent the most common employment-related lawsuits—or at least increase your chances of winning them.

How to avoid age bias when talking retirement

12/31/2013

Supervisors and HR walk a legal tightrope when discussing retirement plans with aging workers. If it appears you’re pushing an employee out the door based on his age, you’ll be setting yourself up for an age discrimination lawsuit.

What could be more meaningful than work?

12/31/2013

Just about anything—including housework—is more meaningful than work, according to a new Pew Research Center survey on the value people find in their daily lives.

Track the HR metrics that really matter

12/30/2013

You probably track several HR-related numbers, but are you sure you’re tracking the right ones? Here are some of the more common metrics that experts say HR professionals should know how to track.

ADA: Reasonable Accommodation

12/30/2013

HR Law 101: Under the ADA, a “reasonable accommodation” enables a qualified individual with a disability to perform the job’s essential functions. But an accommodation is considered unreasonable when it causes the employer an undue hardship …

Workplace lexicon: Head shunting

12/25/2013

“Head shunting” defined: Secretly hiring a head hunter to woo an ineffective employee and shepherd him or her through a job search culminating in placement elsewhere.