Thursday May 9, 2024

5 Recruiting Key Performance Indicators

How many phone screens are required for each new hire? How quickly do candidates move through your hiring process? What recruiting data is meaningful to your company’s senior leadership? If you don’t have answers to these questions, don’t worry! To help you get started, Greenhouse’s Director of Talent Acquisition shares the KPIs that we look […]

Where Trump’s DOL pick stands on 3 major issues: ACA, OT, wages

Here’s where Andrew Puzder, Donald Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), stands on business regulation: He’s not a fan.  Puzder is a former attorney and the current CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns several U.S. fast-food chains including Carl’s Jr. and Hardees, and he was an advisor of […]

The most twisted list of holiday party fouls you’ll read this year

OK. It’s time for the annual holiday party no-no story — the one where we run down all the bad things that might get employers in legal trouble during a get-together that’s supposed celebrate the season and raise morale. Except, we’re going to turn the entire concept on its head. Instead, of the same-old “Here’s What […]

9 FMLA record-keeping requirements employers need to know

When an employee goes on FMLA leave, it can pay to double-check that your FMLA record-keeping processes are up to snuff in case your FMLA administration/processes are ever called into question.  Employment law attorneys recommend periodic internal audits of all record-keeping practices. That way, if there’s ever a dispute, you’ll be able to produce the […]

‘Attendance point’ policy costs employer $1.7M

It starts out as a simple challenge: Companies need a way to track employee attendance.  From there, employees need a clear set of rules that outline their obligations. But strict attendance policies often run headlong into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Latest example: The EEOC charged Illinois-based packing company Pactiv LLC with disability discrimination following an investigation […]

Financial wellness: Here’s what employees want, need in 2017

Recent research into individuals’ financial resolutions for 2017 can tell you whether your financial wellness initiatives are giving employees what they want. It can also tell you whether to expect employees to increase their retirement contributions next year.  Personal finance company LendEDU recently asked 1,001 Americans about their financial goals for 2017, as well as […]

Check your health plan: EEOC says denying this coverage is now discriminatory

Excluding a certain type of coverage from your company’s health plan has officially become risky business — even though it’s possible the same couldn’t have been said about this exclusion a few years ago.  What kind of coverage are we talking about? Coverage for gender transition or sex transformation procedures. In recent years, the rights […]

ACA ‘repeal and replace’ plans in motion for 2017: What should HR do?

Republican House and Senate leaders have been energized by the election of a president likely to accept a proposal to repeal Obamacare. As a result, they’re preparing to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) within the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s first term.  Reports coming out of Capitol Hill indicate that the repeal measures GOP […]

Bottom line: Here’s what DOL’s appeal of OT injunction means for rule, employers

As expected, the DOL has appealed a Texas court’s injunction of the agency’s new overtime rule. Then, it asked for the appeals process to be expedited. So where does that leave employers and the rule itself?  The answer, as it was when the injunction was issued is: still in limbo. In addition, the prospects for […]

16 building blocks that bolster employee engagement

Do you know what sets your company apart from the rest for job seekers? Is it your recent accomplishments? How about your Fitness Fridays or Casual Mondays? Or is it the opportunities you provide for employees to grow throughout your firm and take their careers to the next level?  The chances are it’s all of these things, which […]