Talent: Page 149


  • Professional development among top retention tools

    Workers in a Robert Half survey said that a pay raise was still the most likely reason to stay with an employer but pointed to training as a key draw.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 13, 2019
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    Workers are more upset by the possibility of people replacing them than robots, study says

    Upskilling today's workers to ready them for the future could help remove any fears of being replaced by machines or people with tech knowledge.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 13, 2019
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    Top trends in employee development

    The pandemic pushed some HR initiatives to the back burner, but employee development may be more important than ever.

    By HR Dive staff
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    Retirement community settles allegations it passed over applicant for one less likely to get pregnant

    A manager texted a candidate asking if she planned to have another baby, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 13, 2019
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    Report: NYC's $15 minimum wage worries business owners

    Employers in the city told The Wall Street Journal they may need to cut hours, staff levels or both to accommodate the increase.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 12, 2019
  • Tourism workers are the lowest paid of any industry, FSU study says

    After analyzing data from about 12 industries, one researcher said the average weekly pay was $710 overall but just $311 for leisure and hospitality workers.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 12, 2019
  • US companies to hold steady on wage increases in favor of bonuses

    Two recent reports show employers are largely rewarding high performers and may seek to attract candidates with benefits instead. 

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 12, 2019
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    ICE agents round up 680 workers in largest raid in a decade

    Workplace investigations have resumed under President Trump after President Obama largely avoided them in favor of audits, AP reported.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 9, 2019
  • New grocery career center connects job seekers with training, job alerts

    The center provides access to more than 170 National Grocery Association training courses on topics such as food safety, merchandising and management.

    By Lauren Manning • Aug. 9, 2019
  • Leaders, managers fail to engage seasonal gig workers

    Speakap also found that leaders perceive older workers in this group as less engaged than younger gig workers ⁠— but they do "nothing" about it.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 9, 2019
  • Pet care franchise releases internal manual on hiring people with autism

    The manual educates franchisees on the best ways to recruit, train and "make a difference in the lives of employees with autism," Dogtopia said.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 9, 2019
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    Opioids still prevalent, but fewer employees are prescribed pain medications under workers' comp

    WCRI also detected a small rise in non-pharmacological pain treatments, like physical therapy, between October 2011 and March 2018 in 27 states. 

    By Riia O'Donnell , Aug. 9, 2019
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    The talent textbook: Algorithm scheduling and workers' choice

    The emerging market for predictive scheduling apps has caught the attention of employers — and employees.

    By Rosie Bradbury • Aug. 8, 2019
  • Happier employees lead to more satisfied customers

    Every 1-star improvement in Glassdoor's 5-star rating scale equaled a 1.3-point increase in customer satisfaction on a 0- to 100-point scale, the company noted.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 8, 2019
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    C-suite speak: How HR can get better buy-in from the CEO

    "I get a lot of 'noes,'" said one DMEC 2019 attendee. Others asked speakers how to better share their solutions to complicated issues, like paid leave, with the CEO.

    By Morgan Fecto • Aug. 8, 2019
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    Companies that focus on human experience receive performance boost

    Deloitte "created a new algorithm" combining customer, partner and workforce experience to determine how engagement affects the bottom line.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 8, 2019
  • Ohio city bans tobacco use for its new employees

    A smoking cessation program may be worth the investment for employers, but the local union questioned whether the policy would hurt recruiting efforts.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 7, 2019
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    One-third of managers don't follow up on action items from performance check-ins

    Workers have said they prefer more frequent performance appraisals, but managers who don't note their goals may squander their potential.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 7, 2019
  • San Diego tops list of cities that offer best work-life balance

    Work-life balance is a stated top priority for job seekers and employees, but some cities are better at meeting those expectations than others.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 7, 2019
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    Randstad: US workers would train in STEM if they could turn back time

    Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents believe their employers have trouble recruiting talent for such roles.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 6, 2019
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    More C-suites hire chief data officers to survive digital transformation

    Employers need leaders with digital expertise to carry their enterprise into the 4th Major Industrial Revolution, an Avado study said.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 6, 2019
  • Accenture, IBM among top-rated companies for D&I in Working Mother Media index

    A Working Mother Media executive said the company's index "continues to grow" as employers become more transparent about their D&I progress.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 6, 2019
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    Men appreciate work-life balance advancements more than women do

    Many of these initiatives are focused on women and the family, the study noted, but men care about policies that promote personal time, too.

    By Jennifer Carsen • Aug. 6, 2019
  • Long weekends relieve stress better than lengthy vacations, study says

    The business world has not found a one-size-fits-all vacation solution, Cornerstone's findings, and those from similar studies, revealed.

    By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 6, 2019
  • US gained 164K jobs in July, signaling steady growth

    Job gains lagged behind June's numbers, but experts remained generally optimistic about the economy and emphasized the continued talent challenge.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 5, 2019
  • Hospital adopts benefit to convert unused PTO to student loan assistance

    The program addresses employees' debt, while resolving the unused PTO dilemma ⁠— an annual forfeiture of $62.2 billion in lost benefits, said Tuition.io.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 5, 2019