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...
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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...
budgets for L&D efforts. This budget is then distributed amongst employees, with trainees, future leaders, and other high potentials often receiving more training opportunities than others. Individuals may arrive at a company with vastly different knowledge and experience. L&D provides employees with a way in which to bridge skill gaps and develop into leaders. A well-known...
Top-Paying HR Positions Focus on Critical Roles, Cultural Change, Employee Support Nontraditional HR positions have grown in importance, and this is reflected in their wages. Employees' greater expectations for a supportive organizational culture are being reflected in higher pay for HR professionals, new research shows. Compensation data and software firm Payscale's Top Jobs and Skills in...
What is Human Resources Compliance, and Why is it Important?
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How to align your people, processes, and technology with ever-changing regulations and mandates. Amid shifting workplace policies, an ever-challenging hiring climate, and evolving regulations, Human Resources (HR) professionals are bringing compliance to the forefront of their strategies to ensure business continuity. And it’s not just organizational reputation that’s on the line; the average cost of non-compliance has risen more...
No Signs Of Supreme Court's Conservatives Slowing Down By Jimmy Hoover The U.S. Supreme Court's last term was considered by many to be the most consequential in a generation as the court's conservative justices delivered key victories on abortion and guns. But one quick glance at the new term's docket suggests this new supermajority has...
In terms of labor and salaries, 2023 is shaping up to be a year of question marks and contradictions. Despite rising concerns of a recession, employers are still having a hard time filling open positions. Job postings remain 50% above their pre-COVID rates, according to the job site Indeed. That demand for labor continues to...
The field of human resources (HR) – planning, staffing, rewarding and developing talent for today’s thriving businesses – is evolving. In HR topics such as hiring, hybrid and remote work, recruiting, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and employee engagement, the change has been so rapid that many HR professionals have had to re-learn them as...