Benefits

1.   Voters Raise The Floor “There is some sign that the public is impatient with the state of affairs,” Brookings’ Mark Muro says. “If companies and the marketplace are [...]

1. #MeToo to Google: Don’t Be Evil Google employees across the world walked out of work to protest how the company handles sexual harassment complaints (the walkout was during non-business [...]

1.  Netflix: Keepers v. Catch-and-release “”If one of the members of the team was thinking of leaving for another firm, would the manager try hard to keep them from leaving?” If [...]

1. Acosta Confirmed for Labor After 100 days in office, Trump has a new Labor Secretary. He could soon be making decisions regarding overtime eligibility and 401(k) plans, among other things. 2. [...]

1.  Benefits as a Recruiting Edge HBR reports that 80% of job seekers would accept a lower paying job for better benefits…as long as they are the right benefits. Top of the list of course [...]

1. What to expect at work in 2017 The Washington Post predicts the death of the annual pay raise, perks and benefits aimed at millennials, and softening attitudes toward pot, among other things. [...]

1. 2017 Jobs Forecast SHRM reports that despite “an uncertain political climate” (love the understatement) job growth is expected to continue into 2017. The best news? 1100 new HR [...]

Sorry I didn’t get this out yesterday. I was traveling and didn’t have enough layover time to finish it up. 1.  Pizza, the unsung agent of the robot revolution Donald Trumps likes to [...]

Noah Lang has posted a provocative piece in LinkedIn, “Manifesto for a Modern Worker Class: The On Demand Contractor“.  His premise is that platforms such as Uber and Airbnb have [...]

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on marriage equality sometime this month. As a business person, why should you care? After all, it’s such an emotionally-charged and divisive issue and your [...]