Wednesday May 8, 2024

The 3 A’s of Onboarding

If you’re not onboarding properly, you can end up with new employees who don’t know what they should be doing, and who may never fully engage with your company. And disengaged employees don’t stick around for long. Download The 3 A’s of Onboarding and see how Accommodating, Assimilating and Accelerating will make your onboarding programs […]

What were they thinking? Social service agency to pay $309k for ADA violation

Every once in a while, we’re struck by an ADA settlement that begs the question: “Shouldn’t these people have known better?”   Last month, we wrote about a non-profit agency whose mission is to help people with disabilities which fired a worker because he was deaf. And now we come across the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center (CBHC), […]

The strangest employee contract clause we’ve seen

We get that employers want to protection their intellectual property — a big reason to have employee contracts. But adding this clause seems like a bit much.  Staffing agency Robert Half International asks employees to sign an employment agreement that says: “After termination of Employee’s employment with Employer, Employee shall not indicate on any stationary, […]

Employees have ADA responsibilities, too, court says

Courts are always busting employers’ chops when it comes to ADA responsibilities. That’s what makes this so refreshing: A court just took an employee to task for not holding up her end of the ADA bargain.  The employee’s name is Pamela Manning. She was a full-time sales associate for Kohl’s Department Stores who worked 36 to 40 hours per […]

Be warned: Employees want more money in 2015, and some are willing to quit to get it

Looks like employee are feeling a little more confident about asking for more money this year — and a substantial number say they’ll quit if they don’t get a raise.   That’s the bottom line of a recent Glassdoor survey. The fourth-quarter survey, conducted online by Harris Poll, reveals employee expectations around pay raises and job […]

The strangest interview behaviors your peers have actually witnessed

Every HR pro knows an applicant interview can head south in a heartbeat. And now, through the kindness of CareerBuilder, we have a checklist of the weirdest things candidates have done to make things go wrong.   According to CareerBuilder’s most recent study — conducted by Harris Poll — 49% of employers know within the first five […]

Now that’s leave abuse: 25-year no-show finally gets himself fired

It’s tough to fight leave abuse these days. But apparently what you face is nothing compared to this organization.  India’s Central Public Works Department approved Senior Electrical Engineer Shri A.K. Verma for earned leave in 1990. But apparently he must have confused earned leave with retirement, because it’s been 25 years since the department’s seen […]

Employment & HRIS Manager Position-CLAREMONT, CA

Pomona College is looking for an Employment & HRIS Manager to work in the office of Human Resources. See full job description   Tweet This Post

Has Obamacare made voluntary benefits a key to staying competitive?

Obamacare has made healthcare coverage more accessible than ever. As a result, traditional healthcare plans — even the most generous plans — likely won’t be enough to attract and retain top talent much longer.   So if you really want to set yourself apart from the competition, a solid offering of voluntary benefits will soon […]

NLRB’s ‘ambush’ election rule challenged: And guess who’s suing

HR pros were understandably upset by the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) passing of its new “ambush election” rule. But they should be comforted knowing they have some major allies in the fight to kill it.  The NLRB’s rule, which is to take effect April 14, 2015, has just been challenged by a lawsuit filed […]