How to Determine What Your Asking Salary Should Be

?Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. Contact him at the e-mail address at the end of... Read more »

8 Behavioral Skills for Increased Job Security

?In the last few weeks, we’ve been discussing ways to protect the job you have while increasing your marketability to new employers in the event of a layoff. Our discussions have addressed... Read more »

Changing Careers from Finance to HR

?Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR.  My background is in accounting, and I am... Read more »

Illinois Court Rules Privacy Act Claims Accrue With Each Biometric Scan

?On Feb. 17, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrue on each scan or collection, allowing per-scan damages. The ruling could open... Read more »

Arbitration Agreements Binding Without Remembering Handwritten Signatures

?Takeaway: When employees claimed they did not remember signing arbitration agreements but did not claim their handwritten signatures were forged or inauthentic, the employees were required to arbitrate their workplace claims.  ?Authenticating... Read more »

EEOC Lawsuit Highlights Cancer Discrimination in the Workplace

?The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently sued the United Labor Agency (ULA), a workforce development organization in Cleveland, for allegedly denying an employee with breast cancer reasonable accommodations and forcing... Read more »

Hiring Restrictions Loosened for Banks

?Banks and credit unions may need to modify their hiring protocols in light of a new federal law that relaxes restrictions on financial institutions hiring people with criminal histories. The fair hiring... Read more »

U.S. Company’s Mandatory Video Surveillance Violated Dutch Rights

?A U.S.-based employer faced legal consequences after it terminated a remote employee in the Netherlands who refused to keep his camera on for the whole nine-hour workday. The Dutch Court held that... Read more »

Ask HR: Should Job Applicants Disclose Criminal Convictions?

?SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is answering HR questions as part of a series for USA Today.  Do you have an HR or work-related question you’d like... Read more »

Lonely at Work

For millions of employees, remote work has been life-changing. Many women, along with Generation X employees who are now approaching middle age, say the ability to work remotely ranks higher than compensation... Read more »
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