HR Executive

How employers can help as workers' mental health bottoms out

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:08:32 -0500

Amid all-time lows in mental health, employers are finding a new mandate to step up efforts to help struggling employees. “After two-plus years of pandemic ambiguity, employee burnout is emerging as the next widespread health crisis, while employers pour more resources and attention into...

3 ways to turn the Great Resignation into a Great Retention moment

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:03:42 -0500

Employees are switching jobs at record numbers. Workforces are also shrinking. Together, these events have created an environment in which business and HR leaders are having to play catch-up. While the roar of the “war for talent” has been heard for decades and tightening talent markets have been experiencing it in bits and pieces...

Are you ready? Here are the top regulatory concerns facing HR this year

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:13:49 -0500

Workplace safety ranks number one on a top 10 list of regulatory issues employers face for the balance of 2022 and beyond, a new report finds. According to the report, from Paychex, a provider of...

Here's how leading-edge companies are redesigning for hybrid

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 12:43:55 -0500

From the moment in August 2019 that Heyward Donigan became CEO of Rite Aid Corp.—operator of nearly 2,500 drugstores nationwide, in a highly competitive sector—she was thinking of radically shaking up the workplace. High on her list of concerns was...

HR Tech 2019: How Walmart, FedEx Ground are using virtual reality

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Virtual reality isn’t just for entertainment—at a growing number of companies, it’s being put to use to train employees in the fine art of working safely and providing superior customer service and to assess them for new roles. Two of those companies...

Why do most Americans prefer in-person job interviews?

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:00:00 -0400

Virtual interviews—including prerecorded video interviews and virtual-reality tryouts—are fast becoming a routine part of the hiring process for many jobs. However...

How Are Employers Holding the Line on Salary Increases?

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 04:00:00 -0400

While the current economy and its low unemployment rate should be incentivizing employers to raise salaries, companies are instead experimenting with...

As Wages Rise, Who Benefits More: Men or Women?

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 04:00:00 -0400

The country’s sustained economic growth is making itself apparent in women’s wages more than men’s, according to to the ADP Research Institute’s latest Workforce Vitality Report.

Since January 2019...

Here's How One Company Retains and Develops Its High-Potential Women

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

These days, many male executives appear to feel hesitant about mentoring their female colleagues. A recent report from LeanIn shows that in the post-#MeToo era, 60% of male managers are uncomfortable mentoring or working alone with a woman.

At global professional-services firm PwC, however...

Here’s How Top Employers are Revamping Their Hiring Strategies

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:00:00 -0400

With the current unemployment rate under 4 percent, your organization’s recruiting tactics may seem a little stale.

According to a recent study...

Why Aren’t HR and Finance on the Same Page?

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Should HR own strategic workforce planning? Or should finance own it? Well, the answer seems to depend upon whom you ask.

New research from OrgVue, a producer of workforce analysis and modeling software, finds that...

5 Ways to Encourage Employees to Report Misconduct

hreletters@lrp.com — Fri, 31 May 2019 03:00:00 -0400

There’s a good chance that more than half of your employees look the other way regarding compliance misconduct by coworkers, according to a new survey.

Gartner gathered...

Will Paycheck Fairness Act Actually Lead to Equal Pay?

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 03:00:00 -0400

As we acknowledge another Equal Pay Day without actual equal pay between genders—the gap is still roughly 18 percent—there’s been recent movement in Congress toward...

Criminal-Background Checks, Social-Media Screening on the Rise

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:00:00 -0400

HR leaders and employers appear to have beefed up their background screening technology strategies in two key areas, focusing more on social media usage and criminal checks, according to a recent report.

A survey by First Advantage...

Trust and Pixie Dust: An HR Exec’s Disney Dream

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:00:00 -0400

Jayne Parker never intended to have a decades-long tenure working with the Walt Disney Co.

In the late 1980s...

Here are the 5 Steps to Creating a Culture of Appreciation

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Employee Appreciation Day celebrates its 25th anniversary today, and all across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., employees will likely be invited into...

Where Can HR Make the Biggest Business Impact?

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0500

This year, HR leaders looking to boost their organization’s bottom lines are focusing on three critical initiatives: building critical skills and competencies, strengthening the company’s current and future leadership bench, and improving the employee experience.

That’s according to...

Incentives in the Age of Attrition

hreletters@lrp.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

On any given day, a visit to the Ventura, Calif., headquarters of Patagonia Inc. could yield a bustling center of activity or a ghost town of empty work spaces. The irreverent outdoor clothing and gear manufacturer prides itself on giving employees the freedom to engage in those activities that make them an asset to the admittedly unconventional company. Visitors may encounter...

One Bad Day May Send Workers on the Job Hunt

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Is one bad day at work enough to send employees job hunting? New survey findings from the Addison Group suggest so.

In a survey of 1,000 job seekers, 79 percent of respondents said they are likely or very likely to search for a new job after a bad day. What’s more...

Are Your Employees Leaving? Here's How To Stop Them

hreletters@lrp.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0500

In September, the national unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, its lowest level since 1969, and remained unchanged the following month, according to the US Labor Department. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported more good news...

3 Ways Employers Are Lagging In Employee Wellbeing

hreletters@lrp.com — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:00:00 -0500

Improving the healthcare experience for employees requires constant adjustments to keep up with market forces and industry trends. While overall investment in employee health and wellbeing is generally strong, there are three areas where employers are lagging...

How AI Can Improve Interviews

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500

While nearly all HR professionals agree that artificial intelligence may prove time-saving and helpful, they remain cautious about adoption. With HR such a vital function to every company, there is some anxiety around AI and how it will add value before embracing the new technology. AI stands to...

Can Mood Tracking Solve Engagement Problems?

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:00:00 -0500

Surveys have long been the go-to for HR leaders seeking answers to that age-old question, though many acknowledge that annual, or even more frequent, requests for feedback are hindered by an inability to deliver real-time results. That's a gap mood tracking looks to fill. Earlier this year...

Why Employers Need A Plan To Manage Gig Workers...

hreletters@lrp.com — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 10:00:00 -0500

Roughly 15 years ago, Fatime Doczi was a temporary worker at Johnson & Johnson, the global manufacturing giant. "The company did a great job with its contingent workforce," recalls Doczi, now CHRO at ZeroChaos in Orlando, Fla., which provides its global clients with up to...

CHRO Pay Dips, Again

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:37:34 -0400

As a group, the 50 highest-paid HR executives named in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission experienced a decline for the second year in a row in 2017. Their average annual compensation declined by 5.6 percent last year, coming on the heels of a 6.1 percent decrease the prior year. Six more women were...

The Double-Edged Sword Of Pay Transparency

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:30:55 -0400

Although not all companies have embraced the move to pay transparency, there's one unalterable fact that they're going to have deal with regardless: Employees are probably talking to one another about their pay anyway. Talking about one's pay was once considered taboo in the workplace and, at some organizations, still is. Yet...

Leveling The Playing Field For Older Workers

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 08:04:05 -0400

When the Age Discrimination in Employment Act was signed into law in 1967, its goal was to prevent employers from discriminating or taking adverse action against workers over the age of 40. Here we are, more than half a century later...

Survey Finds HR Focusing On Engagement, Culture

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:51:38 -0400

Advances in technology and evolving employee needs present HR with new challenges every day, but there is good news, according to a survey of 300 HR decision-makers at U.S. companies with between 50 and 500 employees. Today's HR leaders continue to...

Why Disability Insurance Matters

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 06:39:50 -0400

Throughout my career, I have usually been the interviewer, but occasionally I've also been the interviewee. Whichever side of the table I have sat on over the past three decades, my least favorite question is always: What keeps you up at night...

Will GDPR Violations Impact U.S. Immigration Policies?

Fri, 25 May 2018 08:54:36 -0400

Over the past year, rapid and frequent changes in immigration policies and processes have become the norm in the U.S. and elsewhere, creating turbulent times for employers and their foreign national employees. Though navigating these choppy waters can be a challenge, workarounds and solutions do exist. Here are a few...