I’ve spent so many sleepless nights in my life worried about whether I was going to get laid off that I can personally relate to the fact that last year … Read more

I’ve spent so many sleepless nights in my life worried about whether I was going to get laid off that I can personally relate to the fact that last year … Read more
If 2022 was all about people resigning from their jobs, 2023 is lining up to be about people being laid off from them. But former American Express CEO, Ken … Read more
Salesforce announces New Year job cuts The New Year has not started well for workers at Salesforce – 10% of whom are set to become the latest casualties of … Read more
King County accused of being First Amendment “Scrooges” It wouldn’t be Christmas without mentioning beloved fictional character, Scrooge! And so it is that … Read more
Recently (Most Interesting HR Stories of the Week), we brought you news that a US-based company was fined $50,000 for insisting that one of its … Read more
Musk reportedly installing bedrooms in Twitter HQ Controversial Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has reportedly converted office space into bedrooms, to enable … Read more
Amazon shows off urban ‘driverless’ delivery drone The spectre of technology killing off jobs came a little bit closer this week, as Amazon showed off its … Read more
Tech firms snapping up ex-Twitter employees… Talent-short tech firms have had their wishes come true, with the exodus of staff from Twitter creating an … Read more
Zuckerberg apologizes for ‘getting it wrong’ as 11,000 jobs are axed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week announced one of the biggest layoffs of the year, … Read more
On episode 106 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Madeline Laurano and Tim Sackett, with special friend Kyle Lagunas, come … Read more
GM unveils January 2023 return to office plan Car giant, General Motors, has announced that it wants salaried workers on hybrid work schedules to return to … Read more
Gig workers could soon become employees When is an employee not an employee? What they’re a contractor. For years contractors have been arguing that they … Read more
Whether it’s people deciding to work on a hybrid basis or others ‘moving back’ to their desk on a permanent footing, the good news for many employers is … Read more
Amazon could ‘run out of people to hire’ by 2024 Churn of warehousing staff at retail giant, Amazon, is apparently so high (the company gets through its … Read more
HRDs are often taught that retaining staff is paramount. It seems especially important right now, amidst the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ (which, let’s … Read more
The first termination conversation I was ever part of ended in a lawsuit. I had worked in HR for two years and was starting to assist the employee … Read more
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
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
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
Over the years, there has been an increasing realization – in part, kick-started by the millennial population – that the employer-employee relationship … Read more