US HR Articles
December 18 2007 - Researchers highlight the importance of "basic civility" and effective communication when addressing
many workplace problems.
December 7 2007 - Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nonfarm payroll employment increased by
94,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.7 percent.
December 3 2007 - How to turn your company party into a career disaster.
December 3 2007 - California's GetREAL coalition say that an expansion of career technical education (CTE)
would help reduce crime and the state's 'unacceptably high'
drop out rate.
November 6 2007 - A recent survey finds that hiring managers are twice as likely to
rate their permanent staff as 'excellent' than they rate consultants.
November 6 2007 - While HR outsourcing has remained relatively flat since 2005, it is expected to increase in 2008, according to
the Everest Research Institute's annual Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO)
market study.
October 31 2007 - Chronic job strain after a first heart
attack may double the risk of suffering a second one.
October 9 2007 - A survey commissioned in metropolitan Atlanta by American InterContinental University (AIU)
has found that local employers believe today's job seekers are better equipped for productive employment than their
equivalents in the past.
September 27 2007 - Employees with
significant depression who participated in a program including a telephone outreach and care management service
demonstrated fewer symptoms, improved work productivity and greater job retention than those receiving standard care.
September 26 2007 - Jeffrey Pfeffer said organizations can be misguided if they use incentive pay based on the belief
"that if employees were just compensated appropriately, virtually every organizational and management problem could
be solved."
September 26 2007 - A recent survey found that 10 per cent of respondents said their organization had used email to sack or layoff employees and 17 per cent said emails had been
used to avoid other difficult communications.
September 26 2007 - By having the right leadership practices and processes
in place, maintaining a strict focus on critical talent at all levels, and having a continuous desire to improve,
Global Top Companies have cultures that cultivate and nurture their talent, and a reputation for doing it well.
September 26 2007 - A telephone survey of American adults (1018 men and 1045 women) in
full-time employment has found that many could eat more healthily and be more active while at work and employers
could help reverse current trends by promoting health and wellness in the workplace.
September 25 2007 - Work time is the largest influence on how long an individual sleeps on both work and leisure days. The more
hours worked the less sleep achieved.
September 25 2007 - A new study considers the "tug of war" that can occur over innovation and argues that knowledge about past
initiatives and the business culture of a target group are essential when promoting organizational change.
September 20 2007 - A new book by Gregg Lederman questions why so many organizations fail to
fully invest in their people by focusing on strategic tools such as mission statements at the expense of developing
a performance-based work culture.
August 31 2007 - Two-thirds of respondents to a new survey by the Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS) and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) concluded that HR is not responding quickly enough to strategic growth challenges and a similar percentage felt the emphasis on organizational growth is changing the meaning of "strategic HR."
August 31 2007 - New research from the National Opinion Center at the University of Chicago
has found that most Americans are satisfied with their jobs.
August 29 2007 - 60 per cent of 382 companies surveyed have a career development program in place and
41 per cent use in-house coaches and/or mentors.
August 27 2007 - Recent research has found that more than half of 40 major financial
institutions surveyed in the United States and the United Kingdom have been the victims of organized crime, 85
per cent have experienced employee fraud and 65 per cent consider this an increasing problem.
August 27 2007 - A recent survey has shown that many US companies are seeking to remain globally
competitive by significantly decreasing the size of their equity awards to non-US executives, a significant change in
compensation strategy.
August 27 2007 - A study by Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Centro Latino
published in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that recent Latino immigrants employed in low-wage,
non-professional jobs reported infrequent conflict between work and family.
August 27 2007 - The third annual survey of over 2000 employees across all job levels by
Salary.com found that over 63 per cent of respondents admitted to wasting time at work and the average amount was
1.7 hours out of a typical 8.5 hour day.
August 27 2007 - "Talent management" is a vague concept for many organizations, according to a
recent survey of 524 business professionals by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).
August 27 2007 - The Compensation Data 2007 survey shows that competition for top
employees is increasing with 96.1 per cent of organizations actively recruiting, voluntary turnover at 12.3 per cent
for all industries, and total turnover at 18.3 per cent.
August 10 2007 - A recent report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has found that
nearly 40 per cent of human resource (HR) professionals have experienced problems with implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act 1993 (FMLA).
July 26 2007 - Call for urgent clarification and guidance to assist employers through a multiplicity of confusing statutory
and agency regulations when classifying workers as employees or independent contractors.
July 25 2007 - A new survey has found that gender stereotyping continues to be a key barrier
to the advancement of women in corporate leadership and leaves women leaders with limited and conflicting options.
June 29 2007 - The Society for Human Resources Management's annual benefit survey found little difference
between the employee benefits on offer in 2007 and the previous year with only a slight reduction in the percentage of
organizations offering some financial and compensation benefits.
June 29 2007 - The summer vacation season is here and a new survey shows that there has been
little change in the number of vacation days offered to exempt employees since 2005.
May 19 2007 - A recent survey found
that only 51% of American businesses formally ask employees about their perception of the workplace.
April 21 2007 - A recent survey finds that 75 per cent of 180 organizations responding either use or plan to use psychological assessment for executive selection and development. Over half (58.3 per cent) currently use such methods, a further
16.7 per cent are considering their implementation.
March 10 2007 -The 21st century requires people who are well-grounded and have multiple intelligences.
A keen intellect or the ability to manage metrics is not enough.
February 25 2007 - A study of human resources practices at 50 large US companies by Watson Wyatt Worldwide has found that the importance of hiring and orientation programs is often neglected in the achievement of corporate goals
and employee motivation.
February 25 2007 - How negative behaviour by one person in an organization can impact on teams and groups.
February 12 2007 - A comparison of public policies for working families in 173 countries shows that
while the US performs well in protecting individual employees from workplace discrimination on the basis of race,
gender, age, and disability it is less effective in supporting family life.
February 12 2007 - New research finds that affirmative action is still a highly contentious issue in American society with people typically opposing it either because they regard it as inherently unfair or simply because they are racist.
February 7 2007 - Being perceived as having too much or too little assertiveness may be the most
common weakness in aspiring business leaders, resulting in them appearing less effective than those with an optimal
mid-range level.
February 7 2007 - US companies are potentially losing millions of dollars in payroll expenses and productivity because they fail to effectively manage employees' time off.
February 5 2007 - A survey by MessageGate, Inc. has found that e-mail continues to be the most popular corporate workflow tool but
that employees exercise poor judgment in its use, increasing costs and business or legal risks.
January 31 2007 - A survey of 214 Federal managers found that only 35 per cent of managers felt their agencies supported telework.
January 27 2007 - A new study finds that sixteen years after enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
people with psychiatric disabilities have less favourable outcomes in claims of employment discrimination than
those with physical disabilities.
January 25 2007 - In 'The Carrot Principle - How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People,
Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance' management consultants Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton explain how
organizations and managers can use praise and recognition to motivate their workforces.
January 25 2007 - Survey indicates that there is
significant scope for improvement in the performance management systems of many companies.
January 23 2007 - The Compensation Data 2006 survey of more than 5300 employers reveals
that salaries within utilities have largely stood still over the last three years.
January 21 2007 - The 2007 Talent Outlook Survey of over 100 HR and recruiting professionals with US-based corporations conducted by Cytiva Software Inc. suggests they found it harder to recruit good candidates in 2006 and expect the situation to get worse in 2007. Over 50 per cent of respondents were from companies with 500-10 000 employees.
January 19 2007 - A recent survey has found that organizations are ripe for HR outsourcing as they increasingly
seek standardization as part of a re-emphasis on strategic business initiatives.
January 12 2007 - A recent survey found that workers below management grade are more likely to make full use of their holiday
entitlement compared to executive and middle-level employees, who tend to take long weekend vacations. While
employees value time away many feel obliged to work and stay in touch with their organizations on their days off.
January 3 2007 - Focusing on sick day entitlement, the latest annual Compensation Data survey found that exempt employees had an average of 8.4 sick days a year and non-exempt had 7.6 days.
HR News Releases
October 2007
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Downward Trend in California Workplace Injuries and Accidents Continued in 2006
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Infor Helps Companies Manage Employee Expenses
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CorpU Study Cites Inadequate Leadership Development as Threat to Business Growth
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Over 25% of Workers in Disguise This Halloween, Says Vault
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Society of Women Engineers Honors Betty Purkey with 2007 Work Life Balance Award
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U.S. Economy Gets Huge Boost From Motivation Initiatives
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Growing Departures of Top Banking Executives Spur the Need for Succession Planning
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Latest online poll conducted by LifeCare®, Inc., shows weight management outweighs all other health concerns.
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Is Your Workplace "Phat" or "Fat"?
September 2007
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The Corporate Leadership Council Launches First HR Business Alignment Tool (HR BAT) for Chief Human Resource Officers to Increase the HR Function's Business Impact
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Aetna Launches Integrated Health Solution(SM) Program to Improve Employee Health and Productivity
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Essential Learning Selected as Louisiana's On-line Training Vendor to Support State's Human Services Workforce
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Employers Struggle To Deliver Competitive Benefits Programs Consistent with Employees' Increasing Reliance on Workplace Services, According to Prudential Report
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Los Angeles HR Firm CPEhr Assists Local Employers with Newly Enforced Undocumented Worker Legislation
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