Blogs / 2013 / November

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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 / November

Two of my colleagues from SafeGuard World International recently exhibited at a conference called Bond NGO. This UK membership body is for organizations working in international development or supporting those that do through funding, research, trai... More...

Egocentric leadership and contrary versus cooperative behaviours at work often lead to unhealthy or “toxic” organizations. Productivity and creativity are replaced by inefficiency and a destructive culture motivated by self-interest and a lack of sha... More...

Check out these amazing facts which proves Facebook to be the most preferred #social platform for recruitment in India. Download complete report for free at http://bit.ly/176feu0 More...

- Global Payroll Leader Partners with Local HR Solutions Provider Apdata to Extend In-House Payroll Capabilities to Rapidly Growing Market - RALEIGH, N.C. and LONDON, U.K. (October 29, 2013) – CloudPay , the pioneer of SaaS-based payroll au... More...

Is there a cost in having a bad interview process? Well if you are a follower of the Five Interviews system and have read my book The Right Hire you would know that the answer is a resounding “YES!” Every applicant that leaves your organization with ... More...

Most leaders have read the works of Jim Collins about having the right people on the bus. And for all intents and purposes, I agree with this. But how often to we really understand the design of our bus, and what happens when the people we had in o... More...

Publication: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyIn this article, Gregory Keating comments on Judge Richard G. Stearns' deference to the Securities and Exchange Comm... More...

Publication: Reuters ReutersTammy McCutchen is quoted in this article discussing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in which steel workers who do their jobs wearing flame-retardant gea... More...

Research shows that offering your channel a memorable experience will deliver stronger results and higher productivity than adding cash to their paycheck. Many of the choices we make are based on the principles of behavioral economics, which focus on... More...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (November 5, 2013) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, is pleased to announce that Michael Moffatt has returned to the firm’s Indianapolis office after servi... More...

On Monday, November 4, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sandifer v.read more http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/supreme-court-hears-oral-argument-and-appears-seek-middle-ground-defin More...

(Orig post at www.compensationcafe.com) We discuss communication a lot here at the Compensation Café. We know that if people do not understand their compensation they are unlikely to be attracted, motivated or retained by it. But, recently I was remi... More...

Once your company has decided on pay increases, the issue of communicating those raises to the employees becomes paramount. The natural expectation is that it should be easy, right? Pay increases are good news, after all. However, certain consider... More...

You’ve drafted an email or remarks to share at an upcoming team meeting. How do you know that you haven’t made the most common messaging blunders? See whether creating a clear and compelling communication is as simple as cleaning up your own act. Th... More...

Post contributed by Adam Godson, Pinstripe Technology Enablement Lead. Follow me on Twitter @adamgodson , or connect with me on LinkedIn . The traditional career path is deader than paper paychecks ( sorry, BART workers! ), as Millennials’ des... More...

An employee handbook lays the groundwork for how a business runs from day to day. If the handbook isn’t used or updated consistently, a business may not be running as efficiently as possible and be at a high risk for costly employee relations issues.... More...

It's not easy keeping everything organized and secure in HR. There is a lot of documentation that running through the department and a lot of compliance issues that have to be met while managing it all. Filing is a simple thing that has a huge ... More...

Countless companies today are making it a priority to promote corporate health and wellness. By encouraging their employees to eat healthy, exercise regularly and do what they can to prevent illness, business leaders are ensuring a more robust and pr... More...

Italian pasta maker Barilla is trying to repair its brand following anti-gay remarks made by its president in September. Guido Barilla said in a radio interview that he would never feature same-sex couples in his company’s commercials because they do... More...

More than two-thirds of Americans agree that a negative shopping experience within a single channel negatively impacts their perception across all shopping channels including physical stores, online, mobile, phone centers, and catalog. http://www.kr... More...

5 ways noncompete agreements can backfire against employers. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HRExaminer/~3/AJYyevbd8kk/ More...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (November 5, 2013) - Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has received top rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in the 2014 U.S. Best Law Fi... More...

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 :00am Do Employees Know What Your Company Stands for? At Most Organizations, the Answer Is No. By Salvatore Gi... More...

Deborah Jacobs has written an interesting piece in Forbes entitled “11 Sneaky Ways Companies Get Rid Of Older Workers.” She notes that “Companies looking to ditch older employees can be creative in the ways they try to avoid age discrimination claim... More...

Peoplefluent Whitepaper: 7 Keys to Increasing User Adoption of HR Software In a 2013 survey by Bersin by Deloitte, 57% of HR professionals said they plan to procure new software within the next 18 months. That’s a lot of new software. For man... More...

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Global HR for Non-Profits: It’s People who Save the World…

Avoiding the Toxic Organization: Strategies for Success

Is your organization on top of the #Facebook Recruiting Game?

CloudPay Opens New Office, Expands Global Payroll Capabilities to Brazil

Interview Karma – Treating Job Applicants with Respect

Get real or get off the bus

With decision, definition of whistleblower expands

U.S. Supreme Court weighs fight over changing clothes at work

Experiences, Emotions and Behavioral Economics

Michael Moffatt Returns to Littler's Indianapolis Office

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument and Appears to Seek Middle Ground on Definition of "Clothes" Under the FLSA

Enthusiasm Can Trump the Details

Communicating Pay Increases

Five messaging bad habits every boss needs to break

The Rise of the “Self-Service Career Path”

Integrity HR Hosts Free HR Education Seminar For Business Owners and HR Professionals

Filing Best Practice for Personnel Documents

5 strategies for a sustainable wellness program

Barilla launches Diversity Board, Appoints Chief Diversity Officer Following Backlash

Kronos Survey Shows Consumers Expect Seamless Omni-Channel Experience This Holiday Season

Trash Your Noncompete Agreement

Littler Earns Top Rankings From U.S. News and Best Lawyers

Do Employees Know What Your Company Stands for? At Most Organizations, the Answer Is No.

Forbes’ Sneaky Ways To Get Rid Of Older Employees: “The Suddenly Stupid Defense”

7 Keys to Increasing User Adoption of HR Software