Legal

Senator Scales Back COBRA Subsidy Extension Plan

Republicans and some fiscally conservative Democrats oppose the broader bill because it...

Recruitment

Survey 21 Percent of Job Seekers Dropped After Reference Checks

OfficeTeam’s survey included telephone interviews with more than 1,000 senior managers ...

Staffing Management

KKR Paying $356 Million for Japanese Staffing Firm

The Usen subsidiary, Intelligence Ltd., provides direct hire, temporary staffing and ou...

Workplace Culture

Employees and E-Mail Privacy Rights

Employers are advised to review their electronic communications policies and ensure tha...

Recruitment

‘Quality of Fill’ an Emerging Recruitment Metric

A growing number of companies are adopting the new recruitment metric, which measures t...

HR Administration

Shareholders Demand Better Window Into Succession

Historically, the SEC treated CEO succession planning as ordinary business matters—info...

Benefits

Revised Tax Bill Does Not Include COBRA Subsidy Extension

While Senate Democratic leaders had discussed reducing the extension to November 30, a ...

HR Administration

SHRM Seeks to Put HR Into C-Suite, Policy Conversations

The Society for Human Resource Management hopes that this year’s conference in San Dieg...