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Overworked or Over the Hill? 3-Day Workweek Might Suit You Better

The HR world is always buzzing about employee engagement and ways to increase productivity, but what if I told you that by shortening your workweek, you could actually be increasing engagement and productivity? Sounds like I’m off my rocker, but a recent study is proving this might be the case.

Performance Matters—Creating Organizational Alignment: Strategy, Culture, and Talent

By Lynda Silsbee, CPT, SPHR After countless client projects involving strategy formulation and execution, I have learned many things—one of the most important being that having a strategic plan does not mean the strategy can or will be executed. Failure to execute the strategy is the reason strategy fails but the most important lesson is that […]

Why Small Companies Need HR Strategies to Improve Recruiting & Retention

By Michael F. Brown, Camden Consulting Group Being an entrepreneur is exciting—from the thrill of creating your own product or service to building your business your way without having to answer to someone else.  You call the shots and you use your expertise the way you see fit.

RPO Ecosystem Can Help Organizations Improve Recruitment Strategies

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) has become much more than just a solution for high-volume, permanent placement, and as such, organizations need to be prepared to harness and leverage the additional assets RPO can provide. This is according to a new white paper released by ManpowerGroup Solutions, the world’s largest RPO provider, part of ManpowerGroup.

Four Techniques to Boost Your Safety Training

The importance of safety training can’t be understated. With so much at stake, it’s important to keep the training engaging and relevant to employees. In today’s Advisor, we examine four specific strategies you can employ to give your training efforts a boost.

Better Recruiting for Growing Companies

BLR’s RecruitCon in Las Vegas included a session from thought leader John Sullivan, PhD on how to be an aggressive recruiter. Let’s take a look at what he had to say.

Encouraging Employees to Volunteer Has Many Benefits

Monday through Thursday, Michelle—the corporate vice president—shows up to the office in a stylish suit and is well prepped for her many meetings. But on alternate Fridays, she’s in jeans and tennis shoes, chopping onions as she prepares lunch for the local homeless center. These two different scenarios aren’t all that surprising, although what may […]

Can one unionized worker sue another?

by Stéphane Fillion and Romeo Aguilar Perez It is well established in Canada that any legal action whose essential character arises from a collective agreement falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of an arbitrator, not the courts. Clearly, that includes a dispute between a unionized employee and his or her employer. But what if a dispute […]

New EEOC guidance should remind employers to guard against retaliation

No employer trying to build diversity in its workforce is likely to get very far if its culture tolerates discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against employees based on race, gender, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Not only does such a culture work against recruitment and retention of diverse talent, it also invites […]

Employees’ food allergies are nothing to sneeze at!

by Stefanie M. Renaud Navigating the ins and outs of your obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar state laws can be a challenge for even the most seasoned HR professional. One situation that may be familiar to you is having an employee with food allergies. According to the Asthma and Allergy […]