We each have had the distinct pleasure of building and growing HR consulting firms in both the United Kingdom and United States. We have also written and published books on HR consulting. The path isn't easy, but it is worth it in the end, and it led us to this conclusion: Anyone who holds a...
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Conducting a layoff is a difficult process that some businesses may have to face. The basic compliance components to review during the layoff/RIF process are outlined below. STEP 1: SELECT EMPLOYEES FOR LAYOFF After an employer has designed its future organizational structure, a system for determining who will stay and who will go must be created....
8 minute read Terminating an employee on a whim can be a risky move for your business. You need a practical and fair process to help reduce your liability. Moreover, it’s best to give employees plenty of time to improve while also providing the tools they need to grow. And, because recruiting, hiring, onboarding and...
HR metrics help you track key HR and recruitment activities to improve employee experience and program effectiveness. Have you ever wondered what successful businesses have in common? They use people data to analyze business performance and define goals. HR metrics are one of the ways to do this. Human resources are, after all, an integral part of...
Employers Must Update Their Summary of Rights Notice for Background Check Screenings
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Employers should promptly update their Summary of Consumer Rights notice provided to applicants and workers before taking adverse employment action based on their background check reports, thanks to a new rule about to take effect. On March 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an updated “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit...
Reports from the Institute for Supply Management found the US manufacturing sector contracted in February, but economic activity in the US services sector increased. Manufacturing PMI Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector contracted in February for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. The Manufacturing...
The 2023 LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise list reveals the 25 fastest-growing job titles over the past five years and the trends defining the future world of work. From the rise in skills-based hiring to the demand for hybrid work, the employment landscape has been undergoing a wave of changes. Throw in a murky economic...
Highly compensated employees can be eligible for overtime pay if they are paid on a daily basis, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 22 in a case that clarifies overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a former employee...
There’s a surprising culprit behind mass layoffs, says a prominent management professor at Wharton
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Most bosses blame layoffs on economic downturns, a decline in demand for services, or even overhiring. But one Wharton professor has a different view: It's how U.S. accounting rules force companies to classify human capital that makes them seem like an expense to be cut, rather than an asset to be protected. Peter Cappelli, the...
Want to Measure Onboarding Success? Use These 5 Simple Metrics
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What are the most important onboarding metrics? The five best ways to measure onboarding success are: New hires’ job satisfaction, time to productivity, overall morale, employee turnover, and hiring managers’ performance.Since the pandemic began in early 2020, businesses have struggled to predict what the job market will do next. In the pandemic’s earliest days, widespread...