COVID-19 has put enormous pressure on human resources teams around the world over the past few months, and that pressure is only likely to build over the course of the year, and end up concentrating in the U.S. where the …
Starbucks made headlines twice in 2018. In April, two black men sitting quietly in a Philadelphia store were arrested after Starbucks employees called the police on them. Their only crime: waiting for a friend to arrive before placing their order. …
Let’s go ahead and be honest for a moment, okay? It’s a no-brainer that no one is going to love the department that has to say no to vacation time or unapproved expenses. And HR gets hit both ways on …
You can’t throw a shoe across the average HR office these days without hitting a couple self-proclaimed organizational development experts. But what exactly is organizational development and what does it have to do with human resources? Organizational development emerged from …
If you’re going into HR, you have to know that the field doesn’t exactly have the greatest reputation among most corporate employees. HR is viewed as a roadblock, a hindrance, a department to be dealt with and avoided as much …
When you get right down to it, human resources is really all about solving problems. Some of them you’re responsible for solving even before they happen… putting together payroll and benefits systems that make sure employees get paid correctly and …
Professional development should be an important part of any HR professional’s short- and long-term goals. And if you hold a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), HR Certification Institute, or International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA) credential, professional …
As Steffen Maier pointed out in a recent issue of Entrepreneur, most companies use annual satisfaction surveys to measure the engagement of their employees. Many HR managers believe that such surveys provide a snapshot to assess how happy their employees …
The SHRM featured excerpts from an upcoming book by attorney and consultant Jathan Janova who “shares colorful stories” from his 25 years of experience trying to keep companies out of court. One of the excerpts is called “Converting HR from …