SHRM's Focus on HR
Summary: Biweekly news series from the Society for Human Resource Management exploring the latest developments affecting HR professionals and employers.
Podcasts:
News: Confirmation of the new DOL secretary, what new board appointment nominations mean for the NLRB, and why a CEO was held personally liable for FSLA violations. Plus, how HR can be an agent of change in the workplace.
This week, the business benefits of sustainability--and why HR should lead the charge. News: DOMA ruling, health reform changes, Ramadan.
See what you missed at this year's SHRM Annual Conference, and hear a discussion with Peter Bergman on breaking down work silos.
See what you missed at this year's SHRM Annual Conference, and hear a discussion with Peter Bergman on breaking down work silos.
Are vulnerable leaders really more effective? See our interview with author Patrick Lencioni to find out. Also: how social media can help boost company productivity.
This week:Business author Dan Pink draws from his latest book and offers advice on how HR professionals can be more persuasive.
This week: Do you need to boost innovation? Check out advice from a variety of business experts on how to do just that.
This week: Deepak Chopra on leadership. And, HR analytics, Supreme Court ruling on benefits and temp worker safety.
This week: Immigration reform, I-9 audits rise, the (paper) I-94 form says goodbye, and critical thinkers make themselves scarce.
Patrick Lencioni on how organizational health affects business, tips on interviewing veterans, equal pay enforcement, the new I-9 form, and the nomination of Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary.
This week: Five health care reform 'solutions' to avoid and in-the-trenches insights from business professionals grappling with the health reform mandate.
Business visionary Aaron Dignan shares ideas on how to better teach students and workers. Plus news update and the 2013 legislative outlook.
Take the mystery out of fiduciary liability for HR professionals and learn how to respond when an employee wants to complain without spurring a workplace investigation.
What single factor most affects job performance for creative workers? Watch our in-depth interview with Harvard Professor Teresa Amabile to find out.
In this edition: the global skills gap, the Labor Secretary resigns, new tax withholding rates for employers, and the ever-elusive high-tech worker.