When people survive a traumatic event, while others do not, they often feel survivor guilt, or survivor syndrome. It’s a common symptom of post-traumatic … Read more
3 Areas Where HR Professionals Must Be More Transparent
This year has been heavy for HR professionals. First, we quickly took our workforces remote to adapt to the coronavirus crisis. Soon afterward, many of us … Read more
HR Famous: TikTok on Company Phones, Unemployment $$ Crushes RTW
In episode 23 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee are back to discuss Jlee’s recent … Read more
“Have Sex With Me or I’ll Pull the Contract”: Tales of LGBTQ Discrimination
Editor’s Note: We should applaud the Supreme Court’s recent decision to protect LGBTQ rights in the workplace. However, it will take much more … Read more
How to Navigate Employee Compensation When Faced with Furloughs
The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the economy. Small startups to massive corporations are facing difficult decisions to sustain the health … Read more
Automating Employee Onboarding: Unlocking Faster Business Outcomes
CHROs are charged with optimizing the employee experience as the business digitally transforms to speed up its ability to deliver fluid, connected … Read more
Lessons From Google and Netflix on How to Onboard Employees
Google. LinkedIn. Netflix. Facebook. Uber. Zappos. Do you know what is common among all these brands? They know the secret sauce to perfect employee … Read more
Congratulations On Snagging That Key Talent. Now Watch Your Back
Companies often make the critical mistake of believing that the recruiting process is over when the prized candidate appears at the office on the first … Read more
Is the Way You Onboard the Bore Of the Party?
While you’re making sure that the new employees who will be joining next week will have a desk and a phone, be scheduled for training, and so on, … Read more
It’s Time to Start Thinking Differently About Onboarding
Onboarding needs rebranding. In a new survey 94% of the participating HR decision-makers agreed onboarding is key to employee development beyond the new … Read more
Don’t Make These Mistakes When You Fire Someone
Over the weekend [a few weeks ago], I read this federal court opinion involving a woman’s claims that her former employer violated both the Americans with … Read more
With Thousands of I-9 Inspections Now Underway, Here’s What to Do In Case You’re Targeted
Seyfarth Synopsis: The temperature may be heating up in the nation’s capital, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is keeping things cool. ICE … Read more
HR 101: Start Onboarding the Day You Make the Hire
The best way to ensure first-rate customer service in your firm, I’d argue, is to begin at the beginning: Make your workers feel a valued part of the team … Read more
Outplacement Is No Longer Just For Fired Execs
Chances are, most of the employees at your company won’t be there five years from now. The typical length of time U.S. workers stay at a company is just … Read more
When You Have to Let Them Go, Here’s How
Letting an employee go is never easy. The road to dismissal is fraught with potential mishaps, and should be trodden carefully. A badly handled dismissal … Read more
Onboarding Your New Hires At Startup Speed
I am fortunate in having spent most of my career working at fast-growing and dynamic businesses. In this kind of situation, the jobs people do tend to … Read more
Employment Law Update: Gig Workers, Non-Competes Backlash and Equal Pay Compliance
This Employment Law monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into June 2019. The episode covers: Worker … Read more
When You’ve Tried Everything Else, Terminate
Over the years, there has been an increasing realization – in part, kick-started by the millennial population – that the employer-employee relationship … Read more
You Can Fire Employees For Social Media Threats
Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees … Read more
How Collective Bargaining Is Changing
Anybody who knows me knows very well that I am a huge baseball fan. I vividly recall back in 1994 during the baseball strike, a concept was presented by … Read more