Intel offers twice the current referral fees for women and minority hires
With more and more technology companies making the push for diversity in their workforce, Intel Corporation too announced a notable change to its employee referral bonus ...
Hike in Minimum Wage Could Sour Economy
Since a decade now, in good times or bad, workers are suffering stagnant wages. By giving a boost to minimum wage rates, governments are responding in a positive way. Ame...
Getting the Most Out of a Meeting
The meetings are the top and crest part of a group. People who have experienced sitting in a long business meeting will understand why it is necessary to function profes...
Heiko Fischer – The Future of Work
Heiko Fischer shares a stunning vision for transforming human resources and making its more resourceful for employees to breed innovation and productivity in the ever evo...
The Dos & Don’ts of Employee Performance Reviews
Performance reviews have metamorphosed into a dreadful process in past few years rather than becoming more progressive. As a matter of fact, according to a study publishe...
The Value of a Mentor at Workplace
According to mentoring literature studies (e.g. Baugh & Fageson – Eland, 2007), having mentors at a workplace can be an effective tool in successful onboarding of n...
Sony is required to pay $85,000 under EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Sony Electronics, Inc. is required to pay $85,000 under a consent decree recorded in federal court on December 26, 2014 closing a lawsuit carried by the U.S. Equal Employ...
In Europe, Obesity can now be classed as a Disability
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on December 18, 2014 that obesity can now be considered as a disability, implying that obese workers will now be covered ...
Employment Discrimination Law now includes Transgender Protections, says Fed. Gov.
According to a memo released on December 18, 2014 by Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice is now deducing federal law to unequivocally forbid discrimin...
Three OSHA Rules You Need to Know Before 2015
From January 1, 2015 two new rules will come into effect by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that will affect a majority...
The Secret is Out: The Best Way to Reward Employees!
Every company wants to reward employees by addressing these four areas: compensation, employee benefits, recognition and appreciation. However, it’s not always that exo...
Workforce Diversity in America
The United States of America is a magnificent synthesis of different races, religions, and cultures of the colonists that settled here centuries ago. Certainly, the natio...
Why Employee Happiness Should Be On Top Of Your Agenda
I have a friend of mine (let’s call him Pretend) who is worth mentioning here. Pretend plays an active role in today’s corporate culture. Pretend punches in to work e...
What Leads to Employee Identity Crisis? – Part I
How a person sees himself is often a by-product of a multitude of factors. One sticking out amongst this is the feedback they generally receive from others. The same way,...
LinkedIn’s New Data Visualization Tools For Recruiters!
Business oriented social networking site, LinkedIn made the big announcement on the second day its 2014 Talent Connect Conference in San Francisco by disclosing plans for...
When Hard Rock Café Hired 120 People Through Facebook in Four Weeks
When Hard Rock Café ventured out to open a new restaurant in Florence, Italy in the spring of 2011, they faced a bleak task of hiring 120 people in four weeks. Here’s ...
