Performance

1. By-passing Washington The Federal minimum wage of $7.50 an hour hasn’t changed in 10 years, but states and cities have not been as stingy.  The NYT reports that almost 90% of employees [...]

1.  Is the Pay Gap Fake News? Well, no.  Recent U.S. Census data shows that women are currently making 81% of what men are paid. But as Time reports, “…nearly half of men (46%) [...]

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. 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 [...]

1. Radical Candor Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor, Inc., argues that criticizing your employees when they screw up is not just your job, it’s actually your moral obligation. 2. Do You Hate [...]

This week’s kinda-sorta must-reads for HR folk. 1. The Gig Economy is the Story of the Day It’s been estimated that as many as 1 in 3 workers in the U.S. and Europe are now part of [...]

Some interesting reading material from the week. 1. Do You Really Need Two Facebook Accounts? Facebook at Work is on the way. When it comes to social media, how much is too much? Aliah D. Wright [...]

If you haven’t yet checked out re:Work, Google’s HR blog, I highly recommend it.  This particular post focuses on what they have identified as the 5 keys to successful teams. They [...]

As reported by Quartz, a new Harvard Business School study has found that people who received praise dealt better with stress, were less likely to burnout, were more creative problem solvers and [...]