Few people, from the summer intern right up to the boardroom elite, like workplace meetings. Case in point: Billionaire Mark Cuban once told Inc. magazine, “The only way you’re going to get... Read more »
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering measures that would expand the state Equal Pay Law and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The following is a summary of the latest developments. Senate Bill... Read more »
?Factories are falling short of skilled workers. Half of the 4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs that likely will be needed over the next decade are expected to go unfilled unless workers from... Read more »
?As employee benefits open enrollment season looms, HR professionals will be spending a lot of time and resources to create and send messages to employees about benefits plans. Yet, many of these... Read more »
?July is Disability Pride Month, in commemoration of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. This month promotes disability awareness and aims to increase the visibility... Read more »
?Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is a challenge for many employees. But for Kay Lee Mynatt, it’s a necessity. She is the mother of two children. Her youngest son, Spencer, 1, has Down... Read more »
?You never know where a chance encounter might lead. For Josh Gottesman, SHRM-SCP, a lucky meeting led to an internship at age 27 that, nine years later, propelled him into his current... Read more »
?At a tech conference last fall, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced his desire to increase the company’s productivity by 20 percent. Pichai offered an example of how he would accomplish this goal:... Read more »
?Executives must make decisions about what their company’s priorities should be, and HR leaders can—and should—influence those decisions. “Be influential, not just an influencer,” said Vivian Hairston Blade, president and CEO of... Read more »
?In March, a proposed amendment to South Korea’s Labor Standards Act failed, sinking attempts to raise the cap on working hours per week from 52 to 69 and provide companies with more... Read more »
