If you have ever had occasion to reward talent there is one question you must ask before you can begin to answer the question of how to reward high performers:
“What motivates the employee you’re looking to reward?”
Is the person you’re rewarding an hourly employee? Salaried? Commission based?
If it’s a money-motivated type, cash is typically king. Read more…
One of the most common questions I am asked is: “Do you know anyone who’d be great for our open HR Business Partner role?”
And it’s no surprise. As more and more companies “transform” their HR function, the need for a specific-type of HR generalist has become more acute. And the aggressive networking (“who do you know for this job?“) underscores a talent problem we have in our industry: the dramatic need for strategic HR partners.
Many companies thought that announcing a new organizational structure and changing titles would be enough to “transform” the function. But now it’s clear that those changes have no bearing on whether the incumbents can really do the job. Hence, the flurry of interviewing as the role sees more and more attrition and the struggle continues to match a person to this new, sometime ambiguous, and challenging role. Read more…
Imagine if Ferris Bueller, from the iconic 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes, had a technology start-up.
The idea of Ferris the entrepreneur isn’t so far fetched. He was an inventor, after all. Remember the slumbering snoring Ferris-dummy he hooked up to his bedroom stereo and successfully fooled his own mother?
What would Ferris do to find the right talent? Read more…
Earlier this week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for a Democratic Workforce dealt yet another blow to the National Labor Relations Board, securing summary judgment in their challenge of the NLRB’s expedited union-election rule.
In striking down the rule, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to rule on the merits of the case, choosing instead to focus upon the absence of a lawful quorum at the time of the rule’s passage.
This comes on the heels of a recent decision from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia enjoining the NLRB’s notice-posting requirement, pending briefing scheduled over the summer and oral arguments later this fall. We reported on that development in a prior Legal Alert, which you can view here. Read more…
Employee loyalty is one of those topics that can divide a room.
Well, at least room full of HR Pros who live and breathe recruiting, retention and productivity. Some argue loyalty is long dead, thanks to corporate actions begun in the 1970s and ’80s. Others believe loyalty is alive and well, but to fellow colleagues and managers, not to the organization per se.
Regardless of your position, employee loyalty can have a profound impact on organization culture and business results, not to mention individual employee engagement, performance and productivity. Read more…
Is there a gap between your recruiting practices and your culture?
In today’s economy, even organizations of modest scope can expect many willing and qualified applicants for every open position. So if your small to mid-sized company is hiring, you may think you’re sitting pretty, and you may be tempted to snap up candidates who appear most qualified by reason of their resumes.
A word of caution: in bringing talented performers in the door, you shouldn’t forget the workplace environment into which you’re releasing them. No matter how impressive a candidate’s background and apparent qualifications, a mismatch with your corporate culture can turn a seemingly stellar candidate into a sullen short-timer or, worse, a disgruntled naysayer. Read more…
President Obama’s pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers’ decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers’ domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could reinforce a decade-long trend toward coverage.
Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry, according to a nationally representative sample of about 3,000 employers surveyed by benefit consultant Mercer. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010.
The biggest factors driving that change are employers’ views on whether such benefits help them attract and retain desirable workers. Read more…
By Eric B. Meyer
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hot!
How hot is the Chamber? Hotter than Paris Hilton humming an 80′s Buster Poindexter tune. (Actually, she abandoned her trademark exclamation “That’s Hot!” for “That’s Huge!”).
I teased it two weeks ago, the day after the NLRB’s election rules took effect, when I posted that the new rules may get derailed. Well, that’s what happened yesterday as a District of Columbia federal court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board lacked authority to implement its new “quickie” election rules. This on the heels of the Chamber winning an injunction against the NLRB’s union-rights poster requirement. Read more…
Facebook made headlines once again, and it was not due to another layout change. Apparently, the company’s second-in-command, COO Sheryl Sandberg, leaves work every day at 5:30 p.m. so she’s home for dinner with her kids.
If you’re wondering why this has any sort of significance, think about all the advancements in technology. Thanks to our lovely laptops, smart phones, iPads, etc., we can take work anywhere we go, which is both a blessing and curse.
However, Sandberg points out that she not only leaves work when the sun is still shining, she actually spends time with her family once she’s home. In other words, she embraces healthy work boundaries.
While this is somewhat of a novel approach in today’s work environment, it shouldn’t be. Read more…
It’s one of the hottest and long-standing recent HR stories.
In March, the Associated Press reported on several job seekers being asked their Facebook passwords. Then, it spread like wildfire. New Jersey, among others, introduced a bill to ban the practice.
Relax. You’ll never be asked for your Facebook password when you apply for a job. Here’s why: Read more…
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