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By Amanda McGrory |
May 14, 2012
Instead of limiting employers’ ability to react to employees’ needs, the Society for Human Resource Management expressed its position of encouraging employers to offer employees paid leave to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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By Amanda McGrory |
May 7, 2012
Hiring by U.S. employers is expected to remain steady in May, but there could be a lag in comparison to an annual basis, according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 30, 2012
Employers are giving employees more options when it comes to managing when and where they work while also reducing some options that impact how much they work, according to the most recent edition of the National Study of Employers released jointly by the Families and Work Institute and the Society...
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By Sam Hananel |
April 25, 2012
Is an arrest in a barroom brawl 20 years ago a job disqualifier? Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohibiting job discrimination.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 13, 2012
Among companies that have an employee recognition program, 64 percent of companies say their employees are rewarded based on job performance, as opposed to 36 percent of companies that do not have a recognition program, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 12, 2012
Of the organizations that successfully recruit and hire employees with disabilities, they are likely to follow 10 important policies and practices, according to a joint survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Cornell University ILR School Employment and Disability Institute.
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By Jenny Ivy |
April 11, 2012
The most daunting certainty of the Department of Labor's new 401(k) fee disclosure regulations may not be the rules themselves, but the aftermath of employee confusion and/or outrage.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 10, 2012
U.S. employers are focusing more on skills training as well as employee benefits that help smooth skills gaps left when baby boomers retire, according to a joint poll by the Society for Human Resource Management and AARP.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 10, 2012
Hiring is expected to continue as optimism regarding growth in the U.S. jobs market is believed to improve, according to data from two reports by the Society for Human Resource Management.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 6, 2012
A 25-percent jump in hiring at manufacturers has occurred since 2010, though recruiting for highly skilled jobs is still a challenge.
