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Asking Absurd Interview Questions

Maybe you’ve seen lists of unusual interview questions. Jobs and recruiting site Glassdoor publishes such a list each year to emphasize that job seekers need to be prepared for anything during the interview process and show they can think on their feet.

While You Were Gone … We Found out We Didn’t Need You

What happens when an employee is out on job-protected leave and an employer realizes that everything keeps moving along just fine without him or her or that his or her duties shouldn’t really take 40 hours per week? The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently had to decide just that.

FMLA Training Scenario Video: ‘Making Up’ Leave, Moonlighting & Fraud

Managing employee leaves of absence is one of the most challenging aspects of HR. In this video training series, we tackle FMLA-related workplace scenarios not unlike those your supervisors or managers might face any day. Then, our FMLA expert Susan Schoenfeld explains whether the supervisor handled the situation correctly and what considerations should be made […]

Dan Pink–To Sell, Make It Personal

In yesterday’s Advisor, best-selling author Dan Pink showed how every manager is a salesperson. Today, more of his tips for influencing others, plus an introduction to the all-HR-in-one website, HR.BLR.com®. Pink’s best-selling titles include Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us and To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Pink’s remarks […]

Hire Them Fast, but Well

So you have to hire a ton of new people, and you need it done yesterday. What do you do? Same thing you did last time? Today we’ll hear from Adam Ochstein, founder and CEO of StratEx, on how to change things up in order to hire quickly and well.

Settlement Amounts in DOL Enforcement Suits Declined Substantially in 2016, Report Says

Federal government enforcement lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)—including those centered on Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violations—continued at an aggressive pace in 2016 but were less effective in terms of number of filings and recoveries when compared with previous years, according to annual report on workplace class action litigation.

Think There Are No Laws Against Bullying?

Special from SHRM’s Legal and Legislative Conference It’s true that there are no anti-bullying laws in the US, but that doesn’t mean that bullying can’t be the basis of a lawsuit, says attorney Allison West SPHR. West, who is principal, Employee Practices Specialists in Pacifica, CA delivered her suggestions for dealing with bullying in the […]