Training

If a new employee leaves in short order, is there a way to recoup training costs?

09/02/2014

Q. Can we require employees to repay the company (through payroll deduction) for training costs if they quit or are fired within one year?

DOL offers A-to-Z guidance

08/19/2014

Tired of all the acronyms and jargon of U.S. employment law and everything else that has to do with labor and the workplace?

How employers support employee career development

08/15/2014

Most employers are willing to pay for these kinds of professional and career development activities, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2014 Employee Benefits survey.

4 steps to get more from high-potential employees

07/10/2014

Many companies are focusing more effort on developing “HiPos,” but simply offering a HiPo program doesn’t guarantee business success.

Medical flight service cross-trains all staff

07/04/2014

Whether an employee of Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance is a pilot, a medic or an HR director, he or she has a working knowledge of all of those jobs.

PwC starts early to train women for leadership

07/01/2014

PwC started priming its future workforce by inviting female college students to participate in a forum on women’s leadership in April.

What kinds of financial education programs do employers provide?

06/27/2014

57% of employers provide some kind of financial education to their employees. Here’s where those programs focus.

Hacking employees’ passwords: As simple as 1 2 3 4 5 6

06/11/2014

If your employees are using 123456 as their passwords to company data, they’re a hacker’s dream—and they’re not very unique.

Self-test: How well do you keep employees on task?

05/23/2014

Workplace surveys suggest that employees waste up to one full day of every workweek—up to nine weeks a year—with unproductive time. While some of the blame lies with inefficient or unmotivated employees, some can be chalked up to decisions made (or not made) by managers.

Avoid the 10 reasons most workplace training fails

05/20/2014

Organizations waste most of the time and money they spend on training because most rely on outdated training ideas and boring methods.