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Dec 14, 2018
As the year winds down, here's a look back at some of SHRM Online's most-read articles about employee benefits this year, describing developments and trends that will have continuing impact in 2019.
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Dec 13, 2018
The hot compensation topics for the year were reflected in these top-read articles from SHRM Online.
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Dec 13, 2018
Online recruiting scams have re-emerged to prey on job seekers and employers. The Better Business Bureau tracked more than 3,000 recruiting scams in the first 10 months of 2018.
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Dec 12, 2018
A chart of minimum wage rates by state and municipality.
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Dec 12, 2018
People cry at work for a variety of reasons. For both employees and managers, it's important to practice emotional intelligence and think before reacting.
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Dec 12, 2018
Earning the SHRM People Analytics Specialty Credential demonstrates that HR professionals have the foundational knowledge and analytics literacy to examine relevant, real-world business issues and effectively communicate data-supported recommendations to their organizations.
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Dec 12, 2018
Written warnings are meant to help document employee behavior or performance problems, but they can fall short.
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Dec 12, 2018
?SHRM's career resources pages for SHRM members reflect the Society's commitment to advancing the HR profession and serving HR professionals through continuous improvement. These user-friendly, interactive tools help you meet your commitment to developing your career and helping your organization.
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Dec 12, 2018
People cry at work for a variety of reasons. For both employees and managers, it's important to practice emotional intelligence and think before reacting.
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Dec 12, 2018
A plaintiff who was fired a week after reporting unwanted advances could proceed with her retaliation claim.
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Dec 12, 2018
?Patricia Clendening, SHRM-SCP, her husband, David, SHRM-CP, and son Christopher, SHRM-CP, work together in the HR consulting practice that she founded.
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Dec 12, 2018
California HR professionals had to deal with quite a few changes in 2018. This year's most-read SHRM Online articles covered marijuana legalization, pay equity, background investigations and more.
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Dec 12, 2018
?The SHRM Foundation's new Veterans at Work Certificate Program is now open to all HR professionals. This free, educational program, sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal, is part of the SHRM Foundation's commitment to building more-inclusive workplaces and focuses on best practices for attracting, hiring and retaining veterans.
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Dec 12, 2018
Nearly 3,000 comments that workers made about their bosses reveal that, when under stress, their managers can be condescending, ridiculing and indecisive.
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Dec 12, 2018
More U.S. workers are quitting their jobs than at any time since the numbers have been recorded.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 3.5 million people—or 2.3 percent of the total workforce—left their jobs voluntarily in October, the most recent month for which data exists. Private-sector workers quit at a rate of 2.6 percent in October, up from 2.4 percent the previous year.
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Dec 12, 2018
More U.S. workers are quitting their jobs than at any time since the numbers have been recorded.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 3.5 million people—or 2.3 percent of the total workforce—left their jobs voluntarily in October, the most recent month for which data exists. Private-sector workers quit at a rate of 2.6 percent in October, up from 2.4 percent the previous year.
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Dec 12, 2018
Congress is considering a year-end tax-relief package that would further delay the Affordable Care Act "Cadillac tax," ease some regulations on retirement savings plans and expand the use of tax-exempt tuition benefits, although not as broadly as employer groups wanted.
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Dec 11, 2018
The holidays and tax season present opportunities for cyber thieves seeking to steal employee data, especially bank information relating to direct-deposit credentials.
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Dec 11, 2018
Leave taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can affect incentive pay tied to attendance and productivity. Employers should understand how holiday pay and leaves law interact.
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Dec 11, 2018
The ability to build HR software-as-a-service (SAAS) offers unique possibilities, and at the same time can present distinct challenges that organizations should be aware of and plan for to minimize disruption.
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Dec 11, 2018
Dealing with, and preventing, racism and harassment in the workplace were popular global and cultural effectiveness topics for our readers in 2018. Here are the top 10 stories from SHRM Online.
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Dec 11, 2018
The holidays and tax season present opportunities for cyber thieves seeking to steal employee data, especially bank information relating to direct-deposit credentials.
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Dec 11, 2018
A female police captain denied promotion to major could not show gender discrimination because of her admitted strictness with subordinates and exacting views of right and wrong, a federal district court ruled.
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Dec 11, 2018
More employers are providing workers with apps that let them cash out accrued earnings prior to payday. While instant access to earned pay is a popular perk, employers should set guidelines when making it available.
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Dec 11, 2018
An employee whose employer thought she had left her job and moved to another city because it appeared that she had cleaned out her desk and removed all of her personal items lost her claims of unlawful termination.
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Dec 10, 2018
As more employees want to take advantage of flex and remote work options, organizations are accepting that this is how today's talent wants to work. Yet these practices can lead to burnout and loneliness. Here's how to avoid the negative aspects of a popular perk.
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Dec 10, 2018
Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the rights of Illinois employees serving in the military will be governed by the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
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Dec 10, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has drastically changed the data breach litigation landscape by holding that an employer has a common-law duty to use reasonable care to safeguard certain employee personal information.
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Dec 10, 2018
New employee onboarding doesn't have to be an anxiety-filled yet mind-numbing parade of rules, regulations and paperwork. Columnist Jathan Janove tells how Oracle welcomes new employees by being engaging and efficient.
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Dec 10, 2018
?If you think where you work has its nutty moments, they may pale in comparison to what happened at some organizations in 2018.
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Dec 10, 2018
?Women are coming forward with allegations of unprofessional behavior at U.K. luxury fashion retailer Ted Baker, decrying the practice of "unwelcome hugging" and other inappropriate behavior.
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Dec 10, 2018
Beginning Jan. 7, 2019, Delaware law will require certain employers doing business in the state to provide at least 60 days of advance notice about mass layoffs, plant closings and relocations.
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Dec 10, 2018
?Women are coming forward with allegations of unprofessional behavior at U.K. luxury fashion retailer Ted Baker, decrying the practice of "unwelcome hugging" and other inappropriate behavior.
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Dec 10, 2018
Most job searchers upload their resume into countless databases and wait endlessly for a response. However, their resumes are likely lost among the thousands of other resumes posted in the same databases. For a lucky few, this tactic can work, but there are more-productive approaches for the serious professional.
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Dec 07, 2018
A new Spanish data protection law provides digital rights to employees and employers, including workers' right to disconnect any digital devices and companies' entitlement to monitor the use of devices provided to employees.
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Dec 07, 2018
Employers are offering new benefits to meet workers' changing demands, this video shows. Elder care resource services, disaster relief funds and advancement initiatives for women are among the benefits more employers offered in 2018.
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Dec 07, 2018
Employers are offering new benefits to meet workers' changing demands, this animated slideshow highlights. Elder care resource services, disaster relief funds and advancement initiatives for women are among the benefits more employers offered in 2018.
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Dec 07, 2018
A former employee had not agreed to arbitrate employment disputes, even though the employee handbook contained a provision mandating arbitration, because the employee had not signed that page, a California appeals court ruled.
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Dec 07, 2018
The Australian government passed the Modern Slavery Act 2018, which requires all companies operating in Australia and meeting a threshold of AU$100 million in total annual global revenue to report annually on their efforts to address modern slavery.
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Dec 07, 2018
The director of operations for several McDonald's franchise restaurants can proceed with her age-bias lawsuit against the franchise owners, a California appellate court ruled. Although the owners claimed that they fired the plaintiff to save money in light of declining profits, a jury could find that this explanation is a pretext for unlawful discrimination, the court said.
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Dec 07, 2018
U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in November, falling below expectations but still a strong number in a banner year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
More than 200,000 jobs have been added in four of the past six months, the unemployment rate held at a 49-year low of 3.7 percent for the third month in a row and wages stayed above 3 percent.
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Dec 06, 2018
There are so many challenges when a popular member of your team hands in their resignation. As with most difficult situations as a manager, how you handle it will affect more people than just you. Your response will influence whether the person's departure becomes a typical bump in the road or the inflection point to a downward trend for your team.
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Dec 06, 2018
Organizations on Working Mother magazine's inaugural list of Best Companies for Dads are leaders in providing paternity leave, phased back-to-work programs, telecommuting opportunities and flexible schedules.
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Dec 06, 2018
Teach the young adults starting their careers at your company about workplace ethics before they find themselves on the sharp end of the investigation spear and terminated for cause—not realizing why until it is too late.
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Dec 06, 2018
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data show that the Trump administration's restrictive approach to employment-based immigration has resulted in a spike in denials of visa petitions and work authorization applications.
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Dec 05, 2018
?U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed changing how each year's limited number of H-1B visa petitions are chosen. The agency wants to reverse current practice and hold a lottery first to randomly select applicants, then have employers file their petitions for visas.
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Dec 05, 2018
A former employee could proceed on a claim that her employer treated her differently from other similarly situated employees on account of race when the employer decided to fire her.
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Dec 05, 2018
The time is ripe to crush complexity and simplify work. But simplifying is not easy.
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Dec 05, 2018
A former employee could proceed on a claim that her employer treated her differently from other similarly situated employees on account of race when the employer decided to fire her.
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Dec 05, 2018
The holiday season is here, and many employers will host their annual year-end celebrations in the weeks to come. These events are generally meant to reward employees and foster camaraderie—but employers could be on the hook for holiday-party mishaps.
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Dec 05, 2018
The labor and employment field is highly regulated in Puerto Rico, and there are numerous statutes, regulations and judicial doctrines, as well as several constitutional provisions, that govern this matter.
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Dec 05, 2018
Federal data show that about 1 percent of workers in the United States use apps and online platforms to find and perform gig work.
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Dec 04, 2018
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently issued a decision adding yet another hurdle for employers in the Garden State to overcome in drafting and enforcing arbitration agreements.
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Dec 04, 2018
Interested in seeing how your company compares to your competitors? There is a wealth of data at your disposal. Industry vendors are aggregating data from clients on topics such as compensation practices, turnover rates, time-to-fill open jobs and how HR functions are staffed.
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Dec 04, 2018
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that it will resume issuance of Employer Correction Request notices, commonly known as no-match letters, in spring 2019.
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Dec 04, 2018
To avoid an unwanted gift from the Department of Labor during the holiday season, employers should ensure that they properly administer Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leaves taken during company holidays.
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Dec 04, 2018
Before the ADA was enacted, the first question employers asked applicants was whether they had a disability. If the applicants did, they were shown the door.
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Dec 04, 2018
Through President George H.W. Bush's bipartisan leadership, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted, and the workplace hasn't been the same.
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Dec 04, 2018
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries recently issued its final administrative rules relating to the state's equal pay law, which prohibits pay discrimination based on protected characteristics, as well as screening job applicants based on current or past compensation.
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Dec 04, 2018
A jury should decide whether an employer's parking lot access was sufficiently restricted for a Mississippi employer to ban firearms in locked vehicles, a federal district court decided.
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Dec 04, 2018
To avoid an unwanted gift from the Department of Labor during the holiday season, employers should ensure that they properly administer Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leaves taken during company holidays.
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Dec 04, 2018
An employer's offer to withdraw attendance discipline if the plaintiff withdrew her equal employment opportunity complaint did not validate her discrimination and retaliation claims.
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Dec 04, 2018
Much of the pay gap between men and women results from women working fewer hours, taking more family leave and dropping out of the workforce for a year or more midcareer. Behind these choices are family obligations that still fall disproportionately to women.
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Dec 04, 2018
The utility and efficiency of online shared workspaces is undeniable. However, also undeniable is the inherent privacy risk that these collaboration tools create.
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Dec 04, 2018
Good times come and go in your career, just as the bad times do. Columnist Martin Yate advises job-seekers to surmount the barriers to getting a new job by changing their resume-writing and job-search tactics.
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Dec 04, 2018
The utility and efficiency of online shared workspaces is undeniable. However, also undeniable is the inherent privacy risk that these collaboration tools create.
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Dec 04, 2018
Much of the pay gap between men and women results from women working fewer hours, taking more family leave and dropping out of the workforce for a year or more midcareer. Behind these choices are family obligations that still fall disproportionately to women.
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Dec 03, 2018
With heightened scrutiny applied to compensation decisions and new pay-equity laws in several states and localities, now is an ideal time for employers to evaluate their pay practices and correct any disparities.
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Dec 03, 2018
With heightened scrutiny applied to compensation decisions and new pay-equity laws in several states and localities, now is an ideal time for employers to evaluate their pay practices and correct any disparities.
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Dec 03, 2018
Female students in Dartmouth College's psychology department have filed a lawsuit alleging that officials of the New Hampshire school didn't take appropriate measures to address sexual harassment, misconduct and sexual assault by three tenured professors.
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Dec 03, 2018
During his years as an employment lawyer, columnist Jathan Janove sometimes felt HR professionals took an overly rigid approach to consistency. The question "What's consistent with policy and past practice?" would supplant "What's the right thing to do?"
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Dec 03, 2018
The IRS extended the Jan. 31, 2019, deadline for employers to distribute 2018 Forms 1095-C or 1095-B to employees by 30 days until March 4, 2019. Employers may still prefer to distribute the 1095 forms by Jan. 31, when W-2 tax forms are also due to employees.
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Nov 30, 2018
Alabama labor and employment law overview provided by XpertHR.
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Nov 30, 2018
Georgia labor and employment law overview provided by XpertHR.
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Nov 30, 2018
Wyoming labor and employment law overview provided by XpertHR.
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Nov 30, 2018
Does this law apply in Alabama?
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Nov 30, 2018
Georgia: does this law apply?
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Nov 30, 2018
Wyoming: does this law apply?
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Nov 30, 2018
Employees who drove company vehicles loaded with equipment and tools from home at the beginning of their workday and back home at the end of the day were not entitled to compensation for their commuting time, a California appellate court ruled.
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Nov 30, 2018
Amazon and PepsiCo are winners of the 2018 Human Resource Management Impact Award for their programs that address internal and global hiring needs.
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Nov 30, 2018
California employers may be required to provide seating for all workers—even customer-facing employees, such as cashiers, greeters and tellers—but the standard for suitable seating depends on the particular workplace's circumstances.
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Nov 30, 2018
Recent data leaks involving a Hong Kong-based airline's customer data—along with other alarming data leaks by social media platforms—have once again put data protection in the spotlight.
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Nov 30, 2018
Trainers who provide sexual-harassment-prevention courses are fielding more requests from California businesses looking to schedule training sessions that comply with a new state mandate.
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Nov 30, 2018
Claims of sexual orientation discrimination against federal contractors more than tripled this year and gender identity discrimination claims doubled.
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Nov 30, 2018
About 77 percent of onboarding programs among large employers in North America last just three months or less, with 38 percent reporting that their programs are only a week or less—much shorter than the 12 months many experts recommend.
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Nov 29, 2018
When you have to let employees go, leadership and coaching can help you do it with compassion.
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Nov 29, 2018
Employees are asking for their health plans to cover genetic tests that help with diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making, including tests being mass-marketed to consumers. These questions can help employees consider the costs, drawbacks and potential benefits of covering genetic tests.
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Nov 29, 2018
In workplace peer-support programs, employees who have experienced mental and emotional health challenges help co-workers who are facing similar issues. It isn't meant to replace professional therapy but to let colleagues know they're not alone in dealing with addiction, depression and other issues.
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Nov 29, 2018
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (Bill 47) received Royal Assent and became law in Ontario. Bill 47 repeals many of the changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labor Relations Act, 1995 introduced last year.
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Nov 29, 2018
The U.S. Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is turning to apprenticeship programs to help job seekers with disabilities enter the workforce and employers fill much-needed positions.
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Nov 29, 2018
The U.S. Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is turning to apprenticeship programs to help job seekers with disabilities enter the workforce and employers fill much-needed positions.
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Nov 29, 2018
Employees are asking for their health plans to cover genetic tests that help with diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making, including tests being mass-marketed to consumers. These questions can help employees consider the costs, drawbacks and potential benefits of covering genetic tests.
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Nov 29, 2018
The German Ministry of Finance has proposed loosening the protection against dismissal for certain highly paid managers at banks.
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Nov 28, 2018
Temporary disability insurance requirements by state provided by XpertHR.
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Nov 28, 2018
Workers who bring lawsuits against their employer often leave the company by the time the issue is settled. But if employees decide to stay, managers must be careful not to punish them for complaining about unlawful workplace practices.
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Nov 28, 2018
8 tips on making a lasting impression.
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Nov 28, 2018
Several companies will end 2018 with corporate restructurings to reposition the organizations for the future but leave thousands of workers and some HR professionals unemployed.
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Nov 28, 2018
The New York City Council passed six new bills aimed at protecting taxi and ride-hailing drivers after recently passing another bill requiring minimum payments for ride-hailing drivers and a one-year freeze on the number of vehicle licenses issued.
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Nov 28, 2018
Missouri voters approved a medical marijuana measure, and employers have questions about how this development will affect the workplace. Here are answers to some common questions.
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