Blogs / 2013 / June

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2013 / June

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 25, 2013) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has been certified as a “Gold Standard Firm” by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), an organiza... More...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 25, 2013) – Attorneys from Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, have been recognized as being among the nation’s most powerful employment attorneys. The... More...

On June 24, 2013, in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 570 U.S. ___ (2013), the U.S.read more ~ http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/too-little-too-late-supreme-court-adopts-causation-title-vii-retaliati More...

The US Supremes issued their opinion in Vance v. Ball State University this morning holding that an employer is not liable for its employee’s racial or sexual harassment unless the harasser is a supervisor of the victim employee. ~ http://feedproxy.g... More...

Disruption is what happens when prices fall and profits rise. There is no such thing as a modest disruption. ~ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HRExaminer/~3/fQ80S65dYXc/ More...

Immodest Disruption I went to the SHRM National conference again this year. Can you believe that with the entire event paid for by a sea of tech sponsors, there is no technology track at the conference? That’s okay because there is a similar dearth o... More...

Goodbyes can be hard – especially when they are unexpected. And when the person leaving has been a trusted ally and friend at work, the workplace dims a bit. This week is her last at Kronos for Laura Souza. She’s been my partner in building the Workf... More...

Riverview Hospital, a long-standing user of Kronos Incorporated workforce management solutions, has expanded the use of Kronos by integrating employee scheduling, absence management, and labor analytics applications with its existing time and attenda... More...

Many employees seek more than a hefty paycheck from their jobs - a robust, comprehensive benefits package is just as important. Workers want to make as much money as possible, but they also prioritize the various perks that come with their jobs, rang... More...

One element of workforce management that’s recently been placed under the microscope is the practice of using unpaid interns in the office. Often, when college students arrive in a workplace ready to work, it’s because they’re gaining valuable experi... More...

The first step to a successful screening is effective communication. It's important to anticipate your employees' questions well in advance. Your screening vendor should help create a comprehensive FAQ, tailored to your population. But to get you ... More...

You've probably heard about the report on workplace wellness undertaken by RAND Corp. An early Reuters article -- repeated ad nauseam by other news outlets -- made it sound extremely negative, but you really should read it yourself. You'll see just h... More...

KERI BROOKE JOINS REPLICON AS NEW VP OF MARKETING New VP of Product Marketing Brings Extensive Experience to Cloud Time Tracking Applications Leader SAN MATEO, Calif., June 25, 2013 — Replicon, the glob... More...

17 Success Principles “Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the ... More...

So you have waded through the potentials and have chosen a recruitment firm you know will meet your needs. You know what you are looking for as far as the best position, and so getting it is the next step. But how can you ensure that this relationsh... More...

Since 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has put enforcement of child labor laws in the hands of the DOL. It’s a job that the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) takes seriously. Last year, from April to July, the employment ranks of those a... More...

Exactly 75 years ago today, Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have experienced writer’s cramp. After all, he signed over 100 bills into law on that day, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA initially covered only about 20 percent of... More...

Jon Kondo Named Chief Revenue Officer of Replicon Kondo Brings More than 20 Years of Sales and Marketing Experience to Fuel Replicon’s Rapid Growth and International Expansion SAN MATEO, Calif., June 25, 2013— Replicon ... More...

WHAT GOOD WILL COME FROM ACA? Employers Will Finally Realize the Value of Consumer Directed Health Plans and HSAs By Lisa M. Holland, RN, MBA and Gregory J. Hummer, MD Since the final determination of the Affordable Care Act and after all is said and... More...

Executive Summary While tests of personality, behaviors, and skills still cannot predict with absolute certainty how a person will perform in a given job, HR departments across a wide variety of industries are relying on them more and more to aid in ... More...

I grew up in the 1960's and once each year a major television network would show the Wizard of OZ, a 1939 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The entire family would come together in the living room for 103 minutes to re-live a fantasy adventure o... More...

San Francisco, CA—June 25, 2013—Keas (www.keas.com), the market leader in corporate health and wellness, today announced new funding, customers, partnerships, and additions to its executive team. The news caps a year of record growth for the company.... More...

Organizations pay a high price when they involuntarily lose employees. There are the direct expenses, such as recruitment and training; indirect costs, such as decreased morale and the effect on discretionary effort – directly linked to customer sati... More...

Recognize This – Individual recognition efforts cannot scale to contribute to achieving strategic business goals. Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. As regular readers know, I advocate for strategic employee recognition , which ... More...

Performance-based remuneration is gathering momentum as workers show they're willing to accept some risk in return for opportunity. Take a look at the pay-based trends across the world this year in the 2013 Kelly Global Workforce Index infographic.... More...

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Littler Certified Gold Standard Firm for Third Consecutive Year by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum

Littler Distinguished Among the Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys

Too Little, Too Late: The Supreme Court Adopts But-For Causation for Title VII Retaliation Claims

When Employers Are Liable for Harassment

Modest Disruption

Immodest Disruption

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Riverview Hospital Extends Kronos for Increased Cost Savings and Employee Satisfaction

Companies must communicate well with employees about benefits

Interns: Paid or unpaid? Companies grapple with decision

3 Questions Your Employees Will Ask About Biometric Screenings

RAND Workplace Wellness Study is Supportive

Keri Brooke Joins Replicon As New VP of Marketing

The Secret of Success – 17 Success Principles

Expert Recruiting Tips: Achieve an Optimal Relationship with Your Recruitment Firm

Don’t Get Burned This Summer: Child Labor Enforcement

7.5 Common FLSA Errors

Jon Kondo Named Chief Revenue Officer of Replicon

WHAT GOOD WILL COME FROM ACA? Employers Will Finally Realize the Value of Consumer Directed Health Plans and HSAs

Reorganize Your HR Structure by Using Personality Tests to Hire Employees

The Leadership of OZ

Keas Accelerates Growth with New Funding, Customer Adoption, Strategic Partnerships and Deepens Leadership Team

319,000 Reasons Why Employee Recognition Matters

When a Birthday Card Destroys Company Culture

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