HR Trends

Minimum Wage Agreement Brings Joy to American Workers

Compensation - April 05, 2016

The legislature of California has approved the highest minimum wage based on the state level. SB-3 is approved by the Assembly and State Senate. This means that by 2022, ...

Tyson Foods’ Case is a Strong Compensation Lesson for Employers

Compensation - April 01, 2016

It arrives as no secret that most of the organizations, especially the ones that are publicly-traded, consider safeguarding the bottom line as a matter of highest priorit...

How to Make Sure that You Have Landed the Right Job

Workplace Culture - April 01, 2016

  The most confusing phase in anyone’s career is the stage when they have landed a job, but they are unsure if they have chosen the right job. It is really hard to lan...

Is “Don’t take it personally” coming in the way of Employee Engagement?

Workplace Culture - March 31, 2016

  You might have heard about the very well-known concept – “Don’t’ take it personally, it’s business.” – but doesn’t that contradict with the whole idea ...

Independent Contractors May Have a Reason to Rejoice

Employee Benefits - March 30, 2016

Lorena Gonzalez, an assembly member from California State, has proposed a bill “The California 1099 Self-Organizing Act” for independent contractors, which confirms t...

Benefit Coverage for Expatriates

Featured - March 27, 2016

At the end of the 20th century, global markets established a different variety of expatriate, in which short term and commuter assignments are used often by companies as ...

Highly Effective Employee Retention Tips to Keep Your Employees Away From Job Hopping

Employee Benefits - March 25, 2016

Job hopping mechanism in the corporate world is the latest norm nowadays, especially when we’re talking about the millennials. In the greed of reaching the top of their...

Is Open-Plan Office Good Enough?

Workplace Culture - March 22, 2016

Companies think that it is the simplest idea to have an open-plan office where employees can sit closer to each other, resulting in more collaboration, sharing of ideas, ...

The Big Technological Switch in Workplace Communication

Featured - March 21, 2016

As often as some individuals would prefer, it is nearly impossible to conduct face to face business every time. Instead, communication nowadays depends upon email chains ...

Is “Follow your passion” the Crappiest Career Advice?

Employee Benefits - March 15, 2016

The most common advice that any student gets in his career advancement is “Follow your passion”. However, this standard career advice might be steering you in the wro...

Things to Consider Before Giving a Nod to that Job Offer

Featured - March 14, 2016

Congratulations on getting that job! To be honest, there aren’t really many things to consider before accepting a job offer, especially nowadays when it’s really hard...

Lifelong Learning Can Bring Positive Evolution in Workplace Culture

Workplace Culture - March 14, 2016

Businesses are moving at a breakneck speed nowadays, and the price of this rapid pace is the lack of learning time. Learning a specific set of skills won’t prepare you ...

Dear Employers, Incentives Can Do Wonders

Compensation - March 13, 2016

Providing incentives to your employees can be considered as the correct approach to boost motivation? Yes, why not? In fact, incentives are one of the significant links ...

Millennials Expectations from their Employers

Workplace Culture - March 12, 2016

As the generation changes, workplace expectations change along. What baby boomers expected might be completely different from millennials expectations. So, should the wor...

Disciplinary Procedure for a Unionized Work Force

If a union/unions represent your employees, your disciplinary procedure is most likely to be overlooked by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). It is important that...

Is a college degree worth the money and the effort?

Featured - March 09, 2016

There was a time when a college degree acted as a key to open the doors to success. It used to be a safe bet for University graduates to find a better and high paying job...