“Work used to be simple. Tasks were mechanical. Things rarely changed. Initial lessons lasted a lifetime. This kind of work has largely been automated or outsourced to places where workers earn very low wages.” – Jay Cross
Interventions like progressive discipline policies rarely improve performance and just lock everyone into a system that prolongs the frustration and damage. Learn a host of business savvy alternatives to prevent employee lawsuits.
Our features this week are highlights from HR Examiner in 2012 and include The Skills Gap, New Architecture of Work and Employee Privacy Series. We’ve enjoyed your company this year and we wish you a wonderful New Year.
In our feature two-part series this week John Sumser lays out the questions that HR departments should be asking (but aren’t). Don’t miss the newest addition to our ongoing Skill Gap series, Skills Gap 5 – The Future is Here. Plus, our resident lawyer and editor Heather Bussing has an important update on the FTC’s […]
If your company is involved in social media, or if your employees blog or tweet as part of their work, they need to remember the FTC’s transparency requirements. The Federal Trade Commission is the consumer agency that brought you “truth in advertising.” Okay. They’re still working on it.
In this week’s feature What Law Applies to Your Virtual Workforce?, Heather Bussing explores the tricky intersection of local employment law and virtual workers who are located in other states. We welcome Jeff Dickey-Chasins aka “The Job Board Doctor”, to the HRExaminer.com Editorial Advisory Board. Be sure to read Jeff’s post Job Board Evolution. John Sumser has three stories – Skills Gap 4: Undercapitalization, Recent Demos, and Five Links: The Unevenly Distributed Future. Enjoy!
“The mere mention of ‘job boards’ is enough to send many HR and recruiting professionals into a frenzy of arguments, prophecies, and condemnation.” – Jeff Dickey-Chasins
As technology makes it easier to work from anywhere, companies can hire employees based on their skills without concern for where they are. But for employment law, geography matters.
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