Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: Did you miss our PPACA webinar? It's online. Also, how to recognize employee disengagement, bizarre case of pregnancy discrimination, hiring trends, the worst office party gaffes and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Webinar
Patient Protection and Care Act What Employers Need to Know Webinar hosted by CMS and Brian Kelly, featuring Lorraine Bodden, Shawn Parsons and Mark Holloway, J.D.



How to Recognize Disengagement--and How to Reverse It
Botwin, who is CEO of SPC (Strategy People Culture) Consulting Florham Park, New Jersey, offers 14 signs of disengagement: High turnover, Lack of cooperation, Lack of feedback:


Healthcare Benefits Keep Evolving
Employers are keeping their healthcare costs down, in part by continuing to shift more costs to their employees. Private healthcare exchanges represent the next step in this approach. 



Right-To-Work or Wrong To Work
I  have to say it’s been fun to have a front row seat in the Right-To-Work debate that raged on in Michigan this past week!  Even President Obama made an appearance in Michigan and was probably the only one to put this debate into it’s proper context – he said Right-To-Work legislation is not about economics, it’s about politics – and for once in his life he was right.

E-Verify Legislation Map
The E-Verify Legislation Map presents a detailed and up-to-date summary of all active and proposed E-Verify laws at the city, county, state and federal level. Prepared and updated by Tracker's legal staff, this interactive map can help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of employment verification requirements.




‘You can’t work on Sundays – you’re pregnant’
Pregnancy discrimination cases don’t get much stranger than this. A Peoria, AZ, restaurant has agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a pregnancy bias lawsuit after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claimed the employer wouldn’t let pregnant women work on Sundays.


A template for handling tricky workplace investigation interviews
You may have a lot of experience interviewing candidates for open positions, but interviewing employees as part of a workplace investigation is another animal entirely. Bernard J. Bobber of Foley & Lardner LLP recently laid out a guide for HR pros to follow when they need to interview a staff member following an employee complaint.



What Bad Hires Really Cost Companies (Hint: It’s More Than Just Morale)
Bad hires cost some companies as much as $50,000, new survey reveals. According to a new CareerBuilder study, 69 percent of employers reported that their companies have been adversely affected by a bad hire this year, with 41 percent of those businesses estimating the cost to be over $25,000, and 24 percent said a bad hire cost them more than $50,000.

6 Hiring Process Management Trends to Watch in the Future
It pays for employers to stay on top of the changes that are occurring in the Human Resources, staffing, and recruiting industry. Nowhere are more changes occuring than in the steps employers must take in the hiring process.

Betting Against the Mayan Apocalypse: Should You Keep Working, Even if the End May Be Near?
Nostradamus was wrong and the world did not end or get trashed at the beginning of the new millennium (although, sadly, his prophesied cataclysmic “fire that will fall from the sky” occurred a year later in September 2001—mentioned in case being approximately and partially right counts for something).


Worst Office Party Gaffes
Are you heading out to an office holiday party this week or next? If so, this note is for you. This note is especially targeted to readers who may head out this weekend or this next week to the potentially fun and exciting office holiday party. Potentially, I say, because the stories readers share about the behavior at their office parties are enough to make your hair stand on end.


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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week we're hosting our second PPACA, What Employers Need to Know webcast, should employees be forced to get a flu vaccine, HR Hot Topics for 2013 and the worst communication mistakes you can make and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

PPACA Webinar What Employers Need To Know
CMS is excited to announce our latest educational webinar covering what employers need to know for Year-end W-2 Reporting & Compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The live webcasts will cover what you need to know from a compliance and reporting standpoint.

Some Hospital Employees Dismissed, Suspended After Refusing Mandatory Flu Shots
Despite resistance from some employees, more state hospitals this year are making flu shots mandatory for all workers, and some have even suspended or dismissed a handful who have not complied. This year, 19 of the 29 acute care hospitals in the state require that all employees get flu vaccinations. It's a sharp increase from last year, when there were only five. State health officials did not name the hospitals. There has been dissent from some employees.

Worry Less About New Hires and More About Training
Many businesses are now in a position where they’re worrying less about economic woes and more about how to expand their current portfolios, but to do that, a lot of them are turning to outside hiring practices to try and get fresh perspectives. The problem here is that many of the most talented employees have already been scooped up by other companies – with the unemployment rate dropping and many businesses sharing this expansionary mindset, plenty of employers have already scoured the system.

HR 2013 and Beyond—Hot Topics
In yesterday’s Advisor, panelists at the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium in Las Vegas covered sweeping developments at DOL and EEOC Today, the compensation-related issues, plus an introduction to the unique “50x50” (50 Employment Laws in 50 States).

4 Powerful Words Employees Need to Hear
There are lots of ways to make a positive impact on your staff. But the best involves four simple words. Four simple words, used correctly and with the right intent, can make a powerful impact on your business, your life, and other people.

Hiring Wisdom: What Do You Do With the Employee From Hell?
I recently made a presentation to the Association for Residential Cleaning Services International which included a discussion about “the employee from hell.” Shortly after, one of its members sent me this sad story:

Why Workers Don’t Use Vacation Time
A survey by Harris Interactive, Inc., found that by the end of 2012 Americans will leave an average of 9.2 vacation days unused, up from 6.2 days in 2011. According to a survey by Expedia, here are the top five reasons why U.S. employees don’t use all of their vacation time:

Ho Ho Ho? Employers Should Be Careful of Holiday Parties
Even cold-hearted employment lawyers enjoy end of year festivities. At the same time, we worry that our clients will experience employee claims and HR hangovers that last well into 2013. Here are a few simple tips to avoid problems.

How to Properly Recognize Employees During the Holidays
During the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen several media articles and blog posts on this topic. None are worth pointing back to as the advice is the same stuff I’m sure you’ve all read again and again, year after year. So what do I advise instead?

The 10 Worst Communication Mistakes For Your Career
“How do you signal to the world you’re leadership material?” asks Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York. “You don’t get a shot at being a leader unless you signal right.”

Sage HRMS December Webinars
Including The Benefits of Compliance to HR Organizations, Paperless Payroll with Sage Payroll PayCard, Sage HRMS HR Actions, Why Integrated Talent Management Matters, Automate the Performance Appraisal Process, iRecruit for Sage HRMS and Introduction to Sage HRMS.

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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week we're hosting a PPACA, What Employers Need to Know webcast, should parents get preference over the holidays, are employees shopping online at work, one employer can't find enough workers, so they're flying in from another state and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

PPACA Webinar What Employers Need To Know
CMS is excited to announce our latest educational webinar covering what employers need to know for Year-end W-2 Reporting & Compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The live webcasts will cover what you need to know from a compliance and reporting standpoint.

How to Succeed When You’re Taking Over “Someone Else’s” Role
You’ve just landed a new job or a promotion. Score! You eagerly accept, ready to tackle your new responsibilities—only to find that while you (and your manager) are thrilled about your arrival, your co-workers are less than enthusiastic.

Tips for employing veterans with PTSD
You would like to consider returning military service members for jobs with your company, but are admittedly a little nervous about the risks of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) among veterans in the civilian workplace. What do you need to know?

Menard to fly Wis. workers in to staff ND store
Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's booming oil patch and has more jobs than takers.

Start-up Job Hoppers on the Decline
The rate of employee turnover at young businesses has decreased over the past decade. Over the last decade, "workforce churning"--the process of employers replacing employees or employees voluntarily quitting--substantially dropped, according to a new study by the Kauffman Foundation.

Should parents get preference for the holidays?
Do you have to work on Christmas day? While we tend to think of it as a big vacation day for everyone, many, many people are still punching the clock. Hospitals, pharmacies, gas stations, airlines, restaurants, movie theaters and call centers all have people working while the rest of us are opening presents.

We Subject Employees to Abuse Regardless of Gender, Race, or Age
Most employers want to be an employer of choice, says Segal, and this is not the way to go about it. Segal, who is one of SHRM's most popular speakers, is a partner in the Philadelphia office of law firm Duane Morris LLP. His remarks came at a recent SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition.

‘Tis the season: Employees holiday shopping on your time
CyberMonday may have come and gone, but brace yourself: At least half of your employees plan to shop online during work hours between now and Christmas. According to a recent survey from CareerBuilder, 49% of employees said they’d be doing their shopping from their desks this year. That’s on par with the last several years, CareerBuilder said.

How to Deal With Chronic Complainers
You know that person who always has something to whine about? Super annoying, right? Working with a constant complainer can be a challenge for a variety of reasons. And if you’re not careful, the situation could go from an irritation to a serious career killer.

2012 Sees Modest Gains for HR Staff and Budgets
In its annual HR survey, Bloomberg BNA reported that human resources departments showed positive signs of recovery in 2012, though these gains are not expected to overcome the cuts undergone during and after the recession. For two consecutive years, beginning in 2010, HR departments were more likely to cut staff than increase them, but 2012 saw staffing gains outpace reductions by 10 percent.

HR: Play to Your Strengths to Boost Compliance 
HR has a role to play in establishing an organization’s compliance program and culture, according to workplace law experts. Breaking down cross-functional silos, building credibility by knowing relevant laws and drawing on existing competencies are the strengths and tools HR needs to use.

Sage HRMS December Webinars
Including The Benefits of Compliance to HR Organizations, Paperless Payroll with Sage Payroll PayCard, Sage HRMS HR Actions, Why Integrated Talent Management Matters, Automate the Performance Appraisal Process, iRecruit for Sage HRMS and Introduction to Sage HRMS.

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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week end of year performance reviews, oversharing at work and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Tips For Conducting Painless End of the Year Performance Reviews
As we get close to the end of the year, managers start to sweat. No, they aren’t worried about the Christmas party (that’s what HR is freaking out about) and they probably aren’t obsessing over Christmas bonuses (that’s the CEO’s job to fret about).

Tony Hsieh: 'Hiring Mistakes Cost Zappos $100 Million' (Video)
Tony Hsieh describes exactly how he set up Zappos.com's hiring process to avoid bad hiring

How I Got My Office to Lose Weight
Let's face it: A healthy company is a productive company. And mine needed a boost. Here's how I created a friendly competition to get everyone thinking about fitness.

Oversharing at Work: When Gossip Turns Into Something More
Do you know some of your co-workers deepest, darkest secrets? And did you want to know those secrets in the first place? Odds are, somewhere, sometime, you’ve had a co-worker that has shared a little too much information. Indeed, in this Facebook age, “oversharing” is turning out to be an issue; some employees just seem to lack a “privacy filter.”

10 Companies With Fantastic Career Sites and What You Can Learn From Them
Following up our recent article about the 12 things you could do to improve your careers pages, we’ve listed 10 companies with great looking careers sites and one in particular that we really like. We’ll also give a few details on why we like them so much.

Telework is Good for Business
Superstorm Sandy brought devastation to many East Coast-based organizations. Employers with telework programs, however, weathered the storm better than most.

Make Young Workers Responsible for Keeping Track of Their Own Performance
One of the best approaches I’ve seen to the challenge of monitoring Gen Yers’ and Zers’ performance is making them responsible for keeping track of their own performance.


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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week Facebook's new job listings app, FMLA, Hiring Veterans and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

They’re Alive! At-Will Disclaimers Are Alive! (Sort Of. Maybe.)
Remember earlier this year when the NLRB was hinting that certain at-will disclaimers (you know, the type of language in offer letters that says that the employee is at-will and can be fired for any reason or no reason at all) might be illegal under a new reading of applicable labor law?

As the Facebook Careers Site Launches, It’s More Aggregator Than Job Board
The worst-kept secret in the recruiting field, looked at by some as a LinkedIn killer and by others with deep skepticism, is now officially out.

2013 Holiday Plans Revealed—How Do You Stack Up?
Most employers offer the “standard six” holidays, but after that, it’s quite a mish mash, say respondents to BLR’s Holiday Survey. For example, for 2012, 93 percent of respondents will offer December 25 off; however, only 43.6 percent will offer December 24.

Beer, Facebook photos unravel worker’s FMLA leave
A Polish beer festival sounds like a fun way to spend an afternoon, but one employee’s attendance ended up costing her her FMLA leave — and her job.

Top 4 Reasons Employees Quit – How to Hire Staff who Stick
A few years back, PwC published some interesting findings of 19,000 exit interviews within their organization, where one of the key questions that was asked of employees was the simple question, “What was their reason for leaving?”

Internal or External? Why You May Benefit Promoting From Within
Let’s say there is a skills gap in your company. If budgets allow, your first inclination might be to hire someone from outside the company to close that gap.

Nearly Two-Thirds of Employers Would Hire Military Veterans Over Other Equally Qualified Candidates
Despite higher than average unemployment rates, employment prospects for U.S. military veterans may be improving.

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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week how the election affects HR, why hiring veterans should be a priority, and once again flu season is upon is, and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.  

Election Brings Clarity to HR AgendaWith the re-election of President Barack Obama, employers now have a better sense of the regulatory and legislative challenges that await them.



Make Decision Making Simple with HR Analytics
Monitoring the progress of individuals within the corporate structure in order to reach desired outcomes is standard practice within many organizations. However, the reasoning behind HR analytics is not consolidated – some businesses see them as a tool to expedite future growth, while others see them as a way of looking back at the progress they have made.

Obamacare is Here to Stay. Now What?
Now that repeal is off the table, you need to get with the program, like it or not. Here are three things you have to do.

Open enrollment: 5 things to know to save this year (Video)
(CBS News) Millions of workers are now making next year's open enrollment decisions -- choosing their health insurance and other benefits.

Awareness of Biases Helps Leaders Adapt to Diversity 
More than two-thirds of leaders (72 percent) said that an understanding of their own biases is helpful when working in a diverse environment, according to a survey released Oct. 24, 2012.  Just 18 percent said training is helpful. 

Military Matters: Why Hiring Veterans and Their Families Should Be Top Priority for HR Leaders
As a U.S. Navy veteran and talent acquisition professional for America’s leading physical security services company, I commit each and every work day to pursuing gainful employment of our country’s military.

Veterans Employment Prospects Improve, But Women Vets Still Struggle
As the nation prepares to celebrate Veteran’s Day Sunday, there is encouraging news about the progress American business has made in hiring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It’s that Time Again: HR Needs to Prepare for Flu
It’s the end of October and the winter flu season is upon us. Employers need to prepare their employees for influenza, and that includes encouraging flu shots, examining sick leave policies, initiating and communicating basic flu prevention strategies, and ensuring cleanliness in the workplace.


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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week you could not miss superstorm Sandy, how it affected workers, it's open enrollment time, and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.


To Deal With Superstorm Sandy’s Aftermath, SHRM, OSHA Offer Key People Management Strategies
 Superstorm Sandy forced many businesses to shutter this week. To prepare for the hurricane, a number of companies in New York and along the Eastern Seaboard made the decision to close before the storm hit. Some have reopened, but many remain closed or in limited operation.


Hurricane Sandy Raises Wage and Hour Issues 
Unusually severe storms like Hurricane Sandy can result in unusual working arrangements that raise out-of-the-ordinary wage and hour questions.


The Law of Diminishing Title Return
“I don’t care what you call me – my title is meaningless!” Have you heard this?  If you’re in HR long enough – you’ll hear this a number of times over your career.  You know who says this?  People making a lot of money, people who’ve been out of work and are just happy to have a job, or people who’ve been around so long they actually really don’t care anymore!

The Razor Thin Margin of HR
The thinness comment woke me up. I’d been nodding off all week due to horrible jet lag, and sitting there in the opening keynote of HR Tech Europe last week was no exception.

Time for Open Enrollment
Open enrollment season is upon us, and as employers, we have an obligation to educate our employees about their benefits. Not just a "nice to," to help employees make good choices for their families, this education also lets employees know what their employer is spending for their benefits above and beyond their base salary. This helps employees understand and appreciate their complete compensation package.

The Benefits of Helping Improve Employee Self-Esteem
When your employees have high self-esteem they hold a high opinion of their own value or self-worth. Someone who thinks highly of themselves is more confident in their ability to succeed. If you have employees that struggle with their self-esteem, you may notice that they are more reserved or slower to share their ideas in team based environments.

14 Things You Should Do On Your Lunch Break Every Day
How do you spend your lunch break? Do you quickly chow down a sandwich at a nearby deli with your eyes glued to your Blackberry? Do you devour a salad at your desk with one hand on your keyboard? Perhaps you skip lunch altogether because you have “too much on your plate.”


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HR News Roundup: This week find out about HR Metrics your CEO will love, how to empower remote workers, and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Why Is There Still a Gender Pay Gap?
It surprises many that women still earn an estimated 20 percent less than men, on average. How
come? Is it bias? Or are other factors at work? According to a new study, other factors are in
play.
HR Metrics the C-Suite Will Appreciate
To be business leaders, HR professionals must utilize C-Suite thinking in reporting and decision
support. And that means metrics. For guidance we turned to the all-HR-in-one website,
HR.BLR.com.
Empowering Your Mobile Worker
A modern mobile IT strategy is no longer an option, it is an absolute business necessity. Today’s
most productive employees are not tied to a desk, an office, or a location. They are mobile. And
your company’s IT strategy has to be ready to support them with easy, reliable, 24/7 access to
the business information they need, from anywhere in the world, across a broad range of
communication devices
Male harassment victim gets his day in court
Remember the male harassment victim who was told he should walk around singing “I’m too
sexy for my shirt”? The case has finally been resolved — and you can probably guess how it
turned out for the employer.
The Move To Ubiquitous Tech And Its Impact On HR
My entire childhood and teenage years involved a full out war between two tech giants you may
recognize: Microsoft and Apple. At school, we were in the Apple camp. I was particularly
enamored with Hypercard, a program that I used to make a choose-your-own-adventure
application that allowed you to kill a stick figure in various ways.
Nearly Five Percent of U.S. Workers Are Age Sixty-Five Plus
A recent CareerBuilder study shows 57 percent of workers age 60 plus said they would look for a
new job after retiring from their current company, showing that retirement no longer means the
end of one’s career. In fact, an estimated 4.7% of jobs are held by workers who are 65 years of
age and over, up from 4% in 2001. That amounts to seven million jobs.
10 Signs That Your Employees Really Love What They Do
just received through my feed his post celebrating 10 years of blogging (a feat I hope to accomplish someday) in which he highlighted his 10 most popular posts.

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HR News Roundup: This week find out how to hire engaged employees, bizarre sick day excuses and the seven failures that the DOL targets the most often, and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

The 7 Paycheck Failures that DOL Targets Most
DOL recently settled a case against a major construction company, whose list of legal failures
provides a good checklist of infractions every company should strive to avoid. (You’ll also avoid
the almost $1 Million fine the company will pay to settle the case.)

‘I forgot I’d been hired’ and 9 more bizarre sick-day excuses
Don’t you hate it when your new hire forgets their first day of work? CareerBuilder recently
conducted another of its always-entertaining surveys, this one on strangest sick-day excuses
employers have heard.
How to Hire Engaged Employees
Employee engagement seems to be the buzz phrase these days. But what is employee
engagement and how recruiters and hiring managers identify it in the hiring process?

Mark Schmit Appointed to Head SHRM Foundation Staff
Mark Schmit, Ph.D., SPHR, has been named the executive director of the SHRM Foundation.
Since 2010, Schmit has worked as the vice president of research for the Society for Human
Resource Management (SHRM) and has more than 25 years of experience in the HR management
profession.

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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week what to do about the bring your own device trend, are the U.S. elections acting as scapegoats for hiring, what CEOs are thinking, and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Five Tips for Stronger Teams
Do your employees work well in teams? Can they collaborate well with others? Having employees who can work together to solve problems is essential to your company’s ability to function and prosper. When your employees are working in a team it allows for their collective knowledge, skills and resources to come together.

BYOD: Here’s a sample policy to handle a tricky new trend
It’s a perk employees really appreciate: Being allowed to use their own personal devices (smartphones, laptops, tablets) to get their jobs done. But be careful –  this increasingly popular trend can backfire on your organization.


Are U.S. Companies Using Elections as Scapegoats for Hiring Plans?
Corporate rhetoric aside, low demand for workers is key reason for slow hiring  Politicians, pundits and job market experts alike frequently cite “uncertainty” as a root cause for weak hiring.

“Veterans Have an Unmatched Global Awareness”: CEO Discusses the Virtues of Military Recruitment
Dedicated to the progress of its clients, consultants and the community, Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd recently increased its efforts to match military veterans with the employers upon leaving their service. In the following Q&A, CEO John Mehrmann discusses how the IT and Engineering professionals services provider has enhanced its military veteran recruitment efforts to bring more diversity and a broader range of skills to clients – thereby following through on its mission to empower clients, consultants and the community.

4 Great Talent Management Takeaways from the Inc. 500 CEO Survey
Do you ever wish you could pick the brains of America’s most successful startup CEOs, just to see what’s rattling around in there? Do you wish you could ask them how they grew their companies or how they manage their employee selection process?

No, I’m Not Crazy – Here’s Why HR Needs to Be a Lot More Like Tuna
When is the last time you had a tuna fish sandwich? It’s been a while for me because I’m the only one in my family who likes it, but growing up, I had tuna weekly. I mean, it’s the Chicken of the Sea! So, the big question is what does tuna have to do with HR? Only a question I would ask! Tuna did for itself what human resources needs to do for itself: build a reputation within your organization – a positive reputation!

Employees Make It Clear: Here’s What They Need to Really be Engaged
Thanks to a great article in HRZone.co.uk by Leslie Allen, I came across these interesting results of a recent  Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) study in the UK. The CIPD in the United Kingdom is similar to SHRM in the United States. This 2012 research reflects the employee satisfaction and engagement attitudes of nearly 300,000 employees and managers across industries throughout the UK.

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HR News Roundup: This week congress extends E-Verify, what to know about hiring temporary workers, how we can learn from the "Replacement Refs" debacle and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.


Congress extends E-Verify program through 2015
Congress this week approved the extension of the federal E-Verify program for three years, through September 30, 2015. Originally established in the late 1990s and launched nationwide in 2003, E-Verify is a free Internet-based service through which employers can verify their employees’ legal right to work in this country. The program compares each employee’s I9 Employment Eligibility Form with U.S. government records in order to determine which individuals are working here illegally. E-Verify was set to expire at the end of this month

Hiring Temporary Employees: Read This First
When your small business needs extra hands on deck during busy times, are you relying more and more on temporary employees to fill the bill? You’re not alone. NBCnews recently reported that the trend toward temporary employment is becoming a permanent feature of the U.S. economic landscape.

Replacement Refs: It’s a Lesson About Getting the Right People on the Job
The NFL’s replacement refs are on the hot seat. The regular refs are locked out, so NFL games are now refereed by replacements who were teachers or working at Foot Locker just two months ago. They have had a rough start.

Holiday hiring predicted to be best in 5 years
(MoneyWatch) If you're looking for a job this holiday season, a new survey by employment search site Snagajob offers good news: Holiday hiring is expected to be the highest it's been for the past 5 years. Toys R Us announced this week it would hire 45,000 holiday workers, up 13 percent from last year, while Walmart and Kohls will hire a combined 100,000 or more temporary workers, according to the stores.

Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Why Feedback is so Important
Where do I stand? How am I seen? What do you think? I don’t mean to sound needy … but a little bit of information could go a long way with me. — An employee (perhaps yours) Feedback. How appropriate that the word begins with feed. Because for many employees, information from others about how they’re perceived and how they’re doing is currently a severe source of malnourishment in today’s workplace.

English-only policy ends up costing employer a cool million
Here’s a case that illustrates why an “English-only” policy just doesn’t work in today’s workplace. A regional medical center in California recently agreed to pay $975,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a class of approximately 70 Filipino-American hospital workers. According to the EEOC, the workers, mostly nursing staff, were the targets of harassing comments, undue scrutiny and discipline  — particularly when speaking with a Filipino accent or in Filipino languages like Tagalog or Ilocano.

7 Manager Tips for Resolving Conflict
Every good project manager will tell you that conflict is part and parcel of the job.  Whether it's an issue within the team, or whether an external source is disrupting your progress, conflict happens.  Dealing with the conflict will determine whether your project succeeds or ends up as a failure. Here are seven tips to addressing and resolving conflict on the job.

Race and Age Bias Class Action Filed Against Restaurant Chain 
A class-action lawsuit filed against In-N-Out Burger claims that the California-based restaurant chain is violating federal and state nondiscrimination laws by failing to hire qualified blacks and individuals over the age of 40. The two named plaintiffs, both black and over 40, who were rejected for employment with the company, seek to represent “all other applicants for store associate and/or cleanup associate positions in California whom the company has discriminated against on the basis of race, color, and/or age.”

New I-9 May Be in Place for 2013
The Form I-9 is on the verge of the first substantive change in 25 years, according to Mary Pivec, an immigration attorney with Williams Mullen in Washington, D.C., but its release date is a topic of some debate.

Five Ways to Attract Veterans Through Your Job Posting Descriptions
How can you use military intelligence to write better job descriptions — and more successfully recruit veterans seeking a civilian job at your company?

When work is a nightmare
Are you a dreamer? According to psychologists, everyone dreams—sometimes five times a night. And it’s not all sugar-plum fairies. Surveys show that some 50% to 80% of us dream about work, with a significant portion admitting they often wake up in a cold sweat and experience work nightmares once or more a week.

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HR News Roundup: This week is job hopping worse than having a criminal record, how to have a BYOD policy, how HR pros can increase their decision making influence and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Sage September Webinars
Join CMS on September 27th for an afternoon of Sage webinars.  For new customers discover Sage HRMS, for current customers to find out what's new with Sage HRMS, and for all businesses to learn how they can save on new hires with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.

3 benefits compliance areas employers need to watch for
Up until a few months ago, I worked as a director of compliance for a health and welfare benefits consultancy. As part of my job, I would have frequent conversations with external counsel, especially regarding ERISA and Section 125. Whenever I would speak to one attorney in particular, Marilyn Monahan of Monahan Law Office, we always seemed to get off on a tangent about why so many employers aren’t compliant in a few key areas.

Telecommuting as ADA accommodation: Where courts draw the line
A new ruling should give firms more insight into when they have to allow accommodate workers’ requests to work from home. Jane Harris, a resale buyer for Ford Motor Company, had irritable bowel syndrome that resulted in frequent and unpredictable absences from work. She asked Ford if she could participate in the company’s telecommuting program by working from home four days a week.

4 things that every BYOD policy needs to address
What are the issues that governments need to address in the absence of a BYOD policy?
New college graduates entering the workforce this year may have gotten their first iPhone before they started college.  They may have gotten their first email address while they were in middle school.  While students who graduated from college even five years earlier were doing research on their laptops in dorm rooms, this year's graduates could fact-check their professors during their lectures on high-speed wireless networks using devices that weigh less than a bottle of water and fit surreptitiously in a pocket or purse.

New Study: Long-Term Unemployment Viewed By Hiring Companies As Worse Than A Criminal Record
A survey released today shows that people who have criminal records but are holding down a job have an easier time impressing hiring managers than do people who have been out of work for two years or more. The study is by Bullhorn, a Boston maker of recruiting software. The company ran an anonymous survey between August 23-28 of 1,500 staffing recruiters, corporate recruiters and hiring managers who use Bullhorn’s products.

3 Ways HR Pros Can Increase Their Influence in Top-Level Decisions
Let’s just start by getting this out of the way: Human Resource professionals deserve to have the CEO’s ear. That’s not flattery, it’s fact. As HR experts, you have experience and knowledge about how to build human capital in an organization, and there’s nothing more vital to a company’s success than its people.

Labor Law Under Obama or Romney--Employers Brace for Post-Election Changes
Eye on the Election Here’s the first in our series of “Eye on the Election” posts which are focused on helping employers prepare for post-election changes, no matter who is elected.

Background checks: What’s changing in 2013
Come January 1, you’ll want to make sure you’ve updated one specific part of your background check process. HR pros know that when they use a third party to conduct background checks on applicants or employees, there’s certain protocol that has to be followed to avoid running afoul of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

A Social Media Q&A: The Stuff That HR Pros Really Want to Know
I have been talking to HR professionals about social media and social recruiting. I’ve done several seminars, planning sessions and master sessions on the social media landscape. I have three more sessions left in 2012.

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Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week how to attract top talent, what managers are doing right and how to manage office stress, dealing with whiners and negative behavior and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Managing Office Stress For Office Success
When you think about return on employee investment, what comes to mind? Productivity scales, training schedules, benefit plans or quarterly reviews? It’s surprising how little of the human picture actually makes it into HR projections.

Want to Attract Top Talent? Offer a Killer 401(k)
Salary, stock options, and equity are certainly valuable. But a great retirement plan can help sweeten the deal. The lifeblood of your growing business is the intellectual firepower and energy of your employees. Keeping those brains engaged and motivated--and not hightailing it to the next better opportunity--probably crosses your mind all too frequently. As does making sure you can keep attracting new talent to your enterprise.


More Young People Give Up on Job Search
The number of entry-level employees in workforce has not been this low since 1955, one report says. The unemployment rate may have gone down slightly in August, but that was in part because more people have given up looking for jobs. More concerning, however, is the fact the shrinking labor force is losing the very job seekers that are supposed to make up your future employee base.


What managers are doing right — and what they can do better
First-line supervisors have long been the bane of HR’s existence, but new research says they’re doing something right — especially when compared with senior leaders. Employees say they trust their managers more than upper-level execs, according to a new survey from global consulting firm BlessingWhite.


Can Lack of Access to Sick Leave Be Dangerous to Your Health?
The benefits of offering paid sick leave can outweigh the costs, even for small companies and especially for employers whose workplaces have a high risk for employee injuries, experts say.


Ten Jobs That Have Grown Over 30 Percent in the Last Year
As the job market continues to be a central focus of political debate leading up to the Presidential election, CareerBuilder experts have identified areas of employment that are growing at an accelerated rate.


EEOC Wants Comments on Its Proposed Strategic Enforcement Plan
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). What does the Strategic Enforcement Plan propose? Calling this “an opportune moment to aim for bold and transformative change,” the EEOC identifies the following key priorities...

What to do with a workplace whiner
It's one of the diciest challenges of office politics, one that invades the cubicle farm and executive suite alike: How to deal with workplace whiners. While it's often best to walk away, that can be difficult in today's team-based workplace, where many people work closely in groups.

Night Owl or Early Bird, It Helps to Know When You Are Most Productive
The early bird catches the worm. I hate that phrase. I find it irritating because of the origin behind it, the idea that in order to succeed you must wake up and get to work early. I’m going to have to disagree with this concept.

The Key to Overcoming Workplace Negativity
There is no guarantee that just because two people work together they are going to get along. Conflict in the office, though, can result in increased disengagement and a depletion of productivity, as this negativity will impact everyone working with those involved in conflict.

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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week fantasy football is back with the opening of the NFL season, will it cost you productivity? Also, which HR function has the biggest impact, how corporate philanthropy can drive employee engagement, the status of the I-9 form and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

August jobs report disappoints
(MoneyWatch) The U.S. economy added only 96,000 in jobs in August and the unemployment rate edged lower to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent. The report was disappointing for two reasons: Job creation was lower than expected and the unemployment rate dropped only because eligible workers left the labor force.

Will Fantasy Football sack workplace productivity?
Are you ready for Fantasy Football? Collectively speaking, Fantasy Football could be a logistical blip for your employer. Nationally, the employment research firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas (of Chicago Bears territory), estimates that Americans will cost their employers $6.5 billion in lost workplace productivity through the 15-week Fantasy Football season.

Texas hospital's hiring rule on obesity prompts legal questions (Video)
KUSA - A Texas company recently made headlines when it announced it would not hire overweight workers. Do employees have protections from weight discrimination? We looked at this issue with Denver labor law attorney Kim Ryan on 9NEWS 6AM.

News Flash: Recruiting Has the Highest Business Impact of any HR Function
Within most corporate HR functions, the atmosphere is simply too politically charged to even consider raising this powerful question:“Which HR function ranks No. 1 with the highest impact on two critical business success measures — revenue growth and profit margins?” Well, the data is in, and we now definitively know that the answer is … recruiting is the most impactful HR function!

Employee Engagement: How to Keep Employee CAVE Dwellers Away
Amidst continued economic uncertainty, it’s ever more important to recruit and retain employees who will show long-term loyalty to your company. Staff turnover is a costly exercise, and it’s particularly damaging when you lose top talent.  That’s why human resources professionals are always searching for the right ingredients for employee engagement programs.  But shhh….here’s a tip on the secret sauce: corporate philanthropy.

Employers save big on wellness programs
Employers betting on wellness programs seem to be making the right call. They’re seeing $1 to $3 decreases in their overall health care costs for every dollar spent, finds a report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

My Year Without a Computer
Could you succeed in every aspect of your job using just a smartphone or tablet? No laptop. No desktop. No landline. Sometimes, not even a desk. Could you succeed at every aspect of your job using just a smartphone or a tablet? That’s what Benjamin Robbins set out to do this year when he decided to use just one device--in his case, a Samsung Galaxy Note "phablet"--for an entire year.

I-9 Form Expired as of August 31st, 2012
Just a quick heads up for readers, the I-9 form that you have been using for your new employees expired on August 31, 2012. To my knowledge, no new form has been finalized, so according to SHRM, employers should continue to use the current Form I-9, available from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

HR Department Survey Results—How Does Your Department Compare?
HR responsibilities, HR staffing ratios, HR’s strategic role, HR outsourcing, HR reporting relationships and more, it’s all here in the results of our “Your HR Department” survey. How do you match up? See detailed findings below.

8 Rules for Internal Hiring
Want to know the truth about the hiring process? Most companies hire from within. While not at all surprising, this tidbit of information is not only valuable to the millions of job seekers, but to recruiters and hiring managers as well. According to Career XRoads' annual Sources of Hire survey, out of the 200 companies and firms polled in 2011, internal movement and promotion accounted for 41 percent of their hiring. Again, ...


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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: Happy Labor Day! This week find out that many Americans don't use their vacation time, 18% of your co-workers don't want to be your BFF, how to conduct effective performance reviews and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Many Americans Don’t Use Their Vacation Time!
Labor Day is fast approaching! Do you have vacation plans? Believe it or not, most working Americans won’t get away for the long weekend. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans gave up an estimated 226 million vacation days in 2011. That’s $34.3 billion worth of vacation time wasted!

HR Technology Spending Forecasted to Rise
According to new research from HR consulting and risk management firm Towers Watson, a significant proportion of companies intend to increase their spending on HR technology over the next year in order to boost growth and improve efficiency.

Tips for Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
Before an HR professional or manager conducts a performance review, they should research correct and effective evaluation methods, as preparedness will help avoid any miscommunication while improving efficiency.

Organizational Values: Live Them and They — the Talent — Will Come
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on Earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.” This was part of the missive that Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, sent his employees after the big jury verdict that Apple won against Samsung.

Criminal background check firm gets slammed by FTC
More reason to think twice about pre-employment criminal background checks: How sure can you be that the info you get is accurate? That question arises on the heels of a $2.6 million settlement agreed to by HireRight Solutions, which had been charged by the federal Fair Trade Commission with failing to take the proper steps to ensure the reports it provided to employer/clients was accurate.

5 things a boss must do before firing someone
As a manager, one of the most difficult things you must do is fire a bad employee. Once you’ve made the decision there are five things you need to do before sitting down with the employee.

Employer-Provided Healthcare: One Size Does Not Fit All
Offering all participants in a healthcare program equal access and opportunity to receive quality care and medical purchasing efficiency should be the goal of any organization. Experts say eliminating structural and language barriers, and respecting the cultural context of each individual employee or their family members, are the keys to success.


8 Steps to Keep Your Workplace Union-Free
Eight steps you can take, plus an introduction to an extraordinary program prepared especially for smaller—or even one-person—HR departments.


The Key to Productivity
HR professionals are expected to carry a certain level of expertise and are held accountable to vital processes including payroll, federal compliance and employee retention strategies, just to name a few. Having a work strategy can prevent these individuals from feeling overwhelmed or doing poorly at assigned tasks.

18% of Your Coworkers Don’t Want to be Friends with You
You know that coworker who’s all business — never comes holiday parties, never discusses last night’s reality TV shows at the water cooler, and never gives you a peek into his or her private life? Or perhaps you are that worker — a recent Monster poll asked, “How important to you is developing friendships with your coworkers?” And a solid 8% said, “Don’t bother me; I’m working!” (Friendlier folks were by far in the majority.)

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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week find out what the census knows about state employment, how poor benefit choices leads to major waste, OFCCP's clarifications on internet hiring rules and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Can You Tell Engagement By Looking at Posture?
There’s a lot you can tell about a person just by looking at them; whether they’re feeling open or closed to interaction, if they’re happy or sad and whether or not they’re sick at the moment. According to some experts, you can also tell how productive somebody is feeling, and certain body language can increase that employee engagement.

Senator Blumenthal Promotes Hiring of Veterans
The CT News Junkie reports that U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal visited with veterans this week at Bristol’s Arna Machine to help promote hiring and tax credits. - CMS is hosting a WOTC Webinar on August 29th for both for profit and non-profits. Click here for more.

Biggest Companies of the 2012 Inc. 5000
Which of America's fastest-growing companies sells the most stuff? Would you guess Facebook, Levi Strauss, or Publix, or none of the above? Find out.

How to Train Your High-Potential Employees
Your high-potential employees aren't going to take over the world on their own. Here's how you can help them help you.

OFCCP Clarifies Rules to Make Clear It’s All Up to You
If your employer does business with the federal government, you already know — or should know — the rules about Internet hiring.... Now comes clarifications of these rules from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that won’t make life any easier, but which do, at least, make it clearer what records to keep and who is responsible for keeping them.

Here’s an FMLA danger zone you might have overlooked
A recent court ruling offers a reminder of an oft-overlooked area where FMLA regs get companies in trouble: performance reviews.

Census Bureau Reveals State of State Employment
State and local governments employed approximately 16.4 million full-time workers in March 2011, according to recent estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This number is down 1.4 percent from the same time in 2010. The report found that 8.9 million of these workers were employed in education, 964,381 worked in hospitals, 923,951 worked in police protection, and 717,940 were occupied in corrections positions.

Poor Benefits Choices Lead to Significant Annual Waste
New research out of Aflac has revealed that 56 percent of employees waste up to an annual $750 on poor insurance benefits election. Nearly 25 percent of respondents said they either chose the wrong level of coverage or chose options they didn't need while just 16 percent of employees said they were confident in their selections. The Aflac study, entitled the 2012 Open Enrollment Survey of the Aflac Workforces Report, polled 2,500 consumers in July 2012.

California On Brink of New “Can’t Ask” Social Media Password Law
California is about to become the third state to prohibit employers from asking employees or job seekers for access to their social media postings. Without dissent, the California Senate this week approved AB1844, the privacy measure. It now requires an Assembly vote and Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature before it takes effect. The Assembly vote is likely this week and is almost perfunctory, since it has already once passed there without dissent.

5 steps to accommodate major 401(k) compliance deadline looming August 30
Many companies sponsoring 401(k) plans may not be aware that they’re facing a critical regulatory deadline on August 30. That’s the federal deadline for disclosing to employees the amounts of fees that they’re paying for their plans. The overwhelming majority of these investors don’t have the vaguest idea how much they’re paying in fees. If you’re an employer at a small or mid-sized company, there’s a good chance that you don’t either.


5 Minute Coffee Break....
Got a few minutes? Had enough of cute cats taking over the internet?  Introducing Dog Shaming: http://dog-shaming.com/

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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've read this week, what HBO's 'Hard Knocks' can teach managers, the outrageous death benefits Google employees receive and how to be more productive at work....


The Benefits of Paperless HR: Sustainable, Cost-Effective, and Within Your Reach
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U.S. Trails World in Paid Time Off as 40% Don’t Get Money
About 40 percent of U.S. workers, or more than 55 million Americans, don’t get paid when they take vacation or sick days, the government reported.

Why Every Manager Should Watch HBO’s 'Hard Knocks'
At the beginning of this year’s training camp, the Miami Dolphins’ tall and angular new head football coach, Joe Philbin—who looks more like a dentist than a tough-talking gridiron guru—reminds one of the team’s high-profile acquisitions that he’d be wise to toe the line. The player is the wide-out Chad Johnson, a man known until recently as Chad Ochocinco, who earlier had unleashed some foul language during a press conference.

Extreme Benefits: Google Edition
Google's incredibly generous death benefits have generated huge admiration. But what are they really for?

Make Meetings Productive: 3 Better Ways
Everyone hates meetings. When people get the chance to work from home, they undoubtedly say they're more productive because they don't have to go to meetings. In the thousands of meetings I've sat through, I can tell that within half an hour, most people tune out, and their capacity for creative thinking is mostly turned off.

WOTC Webinar: What’s new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?
CMS would like to invite you to join our resident Human Resources and Tax Credit Expert,  Brian Kelly, to find out what's new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credits. Brian will review the following, and answer any questions you may have about this extremely valuable tax credit.

Drive Success and Motivation Through Management
Considering the cost of replacing an individual should deter most HR professionals from jumping to fire even a problem employee given the state of the current economic and job markets. Identifying the reasons why workers don’t succeed and driving strategic HR management solutions can help maintain staff.

Why don’t firms do a better job of talking to employees about benefits?
Everybody’s always saying how important it is to communicate regularly with employees, especially in the benefits area. So how come so few companies do it effectively?

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've read this week, can soda derail an employee wellness program, and how to get more from your benefits investment.


Healthcare and Tax and Payroll, Oh My!
The federal government has been very busy coming up with new regulations for business finances over the last few months. With new rules on everything from deduction volumes and annual contributions to what really qualifies as a generic, it may seem the task of understanding all the new intricate details and effectively facilitating new plans with existing employees is almost impossible. The first step in the battle is finding out what you need to learn, and then finding the tools to get the needed knowledge.

Managers: 6 tips for being a good communicator
As a general rule, people are nice. We don't enjoy hurting other people's feelings, and we want to give people another chance. But then resentment and anger build, and we end up rashly yelling, punishing, or firing.

The Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012
The Senate Finance Committee has approved “The Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012.”  The committee approved the package of more than $205 billion in tax cut extensions for families and businesses by a bipartisan vote of 19-5.

Losing an Employee Is Costly
With some studies suggesting that up to 75% of employees are prepared to look for a new job as the economy improves and more opportunities are available, employee retention is critical. Especially your best employees, rarely lack for opportunities even in the worst of times.

Can Soda Drag Down Your Wellness Program?
When having a soda beverage, you’re getting 300-500 calories, which is almost as much as a meal for some people, says Registered Dietitian Jason Muchnick. Is one of your biggest wellness challenges in your beverage machine?

A New Direction in Skills Training?
A new Amazon.com initiative provides employees with tuition reimbursement up-front for learning job skills outside the e-commerce industry. But will it catch on elsewhere?

Viewpoint: Get More from Your Benefits Investment 
Many employers are missing key opportunities to get the most value from their benefits programs and meet larger strategic goals. And most are failing to implement proven best practices.

3 Things We Can Learn From India About Employee Recognition
I recently had the opportunity to travel a bit in India. How excited I was to pick up a Times of India newspaper on my first full day in the country to encounter the article ... In “India Inc rewards staff to tide over slowdown,” there are quite a few points made that prove my oft-cited truism that recognition has real power globally – across all cultures and nationalities.

HR’s Primary Role in Recruiting? It’s Really All About Retention
HR doesn’t get as much credit for recruiting as they should. But it’s not for the reason you might think. An organization that seemingly recruits well probably has an HR department to thank for helping to keep and attract employees.

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've  been reading this week, Recruiting Lessons From the Olympics and why men get bigger pay hikes than women:

Survey: Employees don't support linking wellness, benefits

Employment Costs in the U.S. Increased 0.5% in Second Quarter

Like Smart Casual Attire for Work?

U.S. Government Offering Grants for Disability Programs

Can you take back relocation money if the employee doesn’t spend it all?

12 Steps to Crack Down on FMLA Abuse

Perk that’ll make your company more attractive to 72% of workers

9 HR mistakes likely to get you sued

The Catch-22 of Criminal-Background-Check Guidance

Working from Home or Hardly Working?

Employment Gains for August 2012 Won't Affect Current U.S. Jobless Rate 

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've read this week, Recruiting Lessons From the Olympics and why men get bigger pay hikes than women:

Upcoming Sage Webinars in August

Is Road Rage Affecting Your Employees’ Work Performance?

What to Do When Employees Resign

Recruiting Lessons From The Olympics

NLRB Invalidates Off-Duty Employee Access Rule

Why men get bigger pay hikes than women do