From the category archives:

Compensation and Benefits

Talent Ownership

January 21, 2010

On a recent HR Happy Hour episode, an interesting statement was made about companies owning talent (versus managers.)  It got me thinking…who “owns” talent in a company: is it the organization or the manager?
Or maybe it’s neither.
Could it be that the individual employee “owns” their own talent?
Organizations merely rent or lease the talent of their [...]

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Being Sick

December 21, 2009

Several of my blogging colleagues have written about the flu and going to work sick.  You can read a couple of them here and here.  But, that’s not the focus of today’s post.  I’d like to think any reasonably intelligent human being understands if they’re sick and/or contagious, they should not go to work.  No [...]

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Health Care Reform

September 1, 2009

Editor’s Note:  My thanks to @thegoodbloggess for the tweet that inspired this post.
April 27, 1987 is a day I will always remember.  Mr. Bartender and I had been married for 3 weeks (24 days to be exact).  I was wearing my new white pants.  We decided to have Chinese food for dinner.  Well, that’s what [...]

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Attendance & Punctuality

August 19, 2009

(Editor’s Note:  Thanks to @ohmap for asking a Twitter question that inspired me to write this post.)
As a HR professional, I have dealt with a plethora of employee issues:  sleeping on the job, theft, sexual harassment, etc.  But I’ve found over the years, there’s one issue that plagues managers more than all these other issues [...]

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INTERVIEW: Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz on Financial Literacy

July 14, 2009

Last week, I featured an interview with former SHRM board chair and EVP, HR for Regions Bank, Janet Parker, on financial literacy in the workplace.  It’s important for businesses to realize they have an obligation to employees beyond just issuing a paycheck.  Offering financial literacy education can bring value to our workplaces.
But as an employer, [...]

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INTERVIEW: Janet Parker on Financial Literacy

July 8, 2009

Our economy has been improving, albeit slowly.  But just because we’re beginning to see a little daylight, that doesn’t mean we can return to our old habits.  One thing many of us are learning from this recession is that we need to do a better job of managing our money.  The question is…where do we [...]

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Change the Dress Code

June 1, 2009

The weather is turning warmer where I live in South Florida.  Soon, we will have 90 degree temps and unbearable humidity.  With that, comes constant conversation about dress code.  What’s appropriate and what’s not.  As HR managers, we have to weigh in on sleeveless shirts, sandals and panty hose.
This annual barrage of decisions begs the [...]

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