This past Valentine’s Day, Coral Springs, Florida’s human resources director Dale Pazdra kicked off an internal monthlong kindness challenge campaign in the new city hall. Employees gathered that morning to enjoy breakfast treats and share in friendly conversation. Pazdra had…
Human resources is going back to the roots of an employee-centric workplace culture — and it’s about time. According to Tom Haak’s HR Trend Institute, one of the major HR trends for 2018 is a switch from please the boss…
Remember Bailey Davis? She’s the New Orleans Saints cheerleader fired for violating the team’s social media policy. Her offense? This photo, which she posted to her personal Instagram. She’s already filed a civil rights complaint, and now she’s speaking out about her…
The war for talent may be raging on, but that’s good news for HR tech startups. For yet another year, venture capitalists have poured money into deals to bootstrap the latest generation of vendors offering innovation software to support recruiting,…
Once again, someone in an organization made a poor behavior choice whose harmful consequences were recorded and made public. This time it was coffee giant Starbucks, and once again, people are freaking out. Starbucks is freaking out so much, the…
Salesforce.com, a constant honoree on this best-of-HR list for the past four years, finally nabbed the #1 spot in 2018’s Workforce 100 list.
Starbucks Coffee Co. announced it will close more than 8,000 stores the afternoon of May 29 for unconscious bias training. Starbucks stores will close for an afternoon for unconscious bias training. Photo by Michael Thomas for Starbucks Coffee…
Digital health company Livongo Health announced April 17 that it has acquired Chicago-based wellness company Retrofit. Mountain View, California-based Livongo’s focus as a company has been to empower people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension to live healthier…
Stress relief can be facilitated through a number of channels, and participating in a creative activity is one of those ways.
Last week, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division resumed its practice of publishing Opinion Letters. One of the first it published answers an interesting question about the intersection of the FLSA and the FMLA. Must an employer pay an…
Adecco Group continued its push beyond the staffing-management world and into the broader HR spectrum with the April 16 acquisition of global education-technology startup General Assembly. The deal, valued at $412.5 million, according to a joint release, reflects the changing…
Women Employed is one of the nonprofits that supported Equal Pay Day this year, and one of its directors, Sharmili Majmudar, explains the significance of the day and how employers can address pay inequities within their own organization.
Yesterday, I came across the very cool video for a new Speedy Ortiz song, “Villain.” The song tackles issue of harassment, assault, and consent. Rock music has always tackled the important social issues of the times, and #MeToo should be no exception.…
Workplace diversity has two sides. One side says that employers cannot discriminate against minorities. The other says that employers cannot discriminate against non-minorities in favor of minorities. Some people call this reverse discrimination. I just call it discrimination. For example, Title VII…
A recent study found that substantial wellness incentives and high-deductible health plans are not the quick fix to improving health care costs they were originally thought to be. Employers pinned their hopes on high-deductible health plans, but HDHPs only represent…
It’s official. We’re in a talent war, and employees are no longer conscripted soldiers — they’re volunteers. They’re with their company because they want to be. Although it’s counterintuitive, companies need to stop focusing on recruitment. Instead, they should focus…
While financial wellness programs themselves are very important, how people can access it and improve their financial footing is also significant.
According to the Washington Post, nearly one in five — about 17 percent — of harassment complaints filed with the EEOC come from men. And many involve same-sex harassment. Some examples: Example 1: “A group of salesmen were subjected to…
A recent long discussion with an old friend left a lot on my mind. This friend is now a hair stylist, and she built a salon in her basement to cut clients’ hair in her home. In one comment that…
You may recall Juli Briskman, the bicyclist who flipped the finger to Trump’s passing motorcade, and lost her job after a photo she posted went viral. Ms. Briskman is not taking her termination lying down. In what appears to be…
