New Yorkers and Visitors Advised to be Cautious with Campfires Governor Cuomo announced that during Labor Day weekend, much of New York is expected to have warm and dry weather which can increase the likelihood of conditions that allow wildfires to start and spread quickly. Residents and visitors are being urged to exercise extreme caution
How Income Inequality Affects Us All — And Why Companies Should Care Introduction Recently, we looked at some numbers that suggested the gap between rich and poor in the United States is growing. Then, we considered some possible reasons for this growing inequality. Now, we answer perhaps the most important question: So what? The numbers suggest
Has Your Company Become Well Known As a Terrible Place to Work? It’s Time to Face Some Ugly Truths Maybe you don’t realize it. Or maybe you do and you just don’t care because you think you’re too busy. But somewhere along the line, it seems you created a monster. Your company is now a
All the Things NOT to Do When You Let a Worker Go Avoid the Landmines Firing someone is generally an unpleasant task no one enjoys. But as hard as it is, some managers unintentionally make it even more difficult. Whether you’re letting someone go for performance issues or during a round of financially mandated layoffs,
How to Tell Which Resumes Belong in the Recycling Bin Know What to Look For On average, resumes are received 200 seconds after being submitted. Once a hiring manager lays eyes on it, he/she will spend anywhere from 5 to 7 seconds reading it before making a decision to pass it on or trash it.
Knowing Your Hiring Personality Makes You a Better Interviewer People Relate to Themselves Whether you recognize it or not, most hiring managers have a hiring style that is more reflective of who they are as a person, and not necessarily reflective of the companies for which they work. However, like a duck drawn to water,
A Bad Rep When It Comes to Hiring Will Lead to Less Qualified Applicants Listen to Honest Feedback Think about the last time someone turned down a job offer you tendered. How did that feel? You can tell me it’s none of my business and I won’t be offended, but that gut-kick response does
How to Handle the Departure of Irate Employees Exit Interviews with Irate Employees Are Tricky For the most part, exit interviews are an excellent opportunity for employers to have a final conversation with their departing employees. They can be used to gain perspective from an employee on how well the team is working together and
“The Big Five” Could Have a Huge Impact on Your Company’s Performance A Sickening Feeling It was 20 years ago at JPMorgan Chase. I was an operations manager navigating in what felt like a literal landslide of work. The federal government changed the criteria for qualifying as a mortgage loan custodian and suddenly Chase Bank
ams – a Global Leader in Advanced Sensor Technologies – to generate more than 1,000 new jobs and initially invest $2 billion to support new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility GE Global Research and SUNY Poly developing Power Electronics packaging facility, expected to create nearly 500 jobs in initial phase, ultimately growing to nearly 920 over ten
Andrew M. Cuomo, re-elected the 56th Governor of New York State on November 4, 2014, has a lifelong commitment to public service and the proven leadership skills to make government work for the people of the state. Before becoming Governor Prior to his election as Governor, Andrew Cuomo served four years as New York’s Attorney
New York National Guard Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson Staff Sgt. Marlana Watson Earns New York’s Highest Military Award for Heroism Award will be Presented Today, August 19 Governor Cuomo announced that the New York State Medal of Valor, the state’s highest military award for heroism, is being awarded to New York Army
Employees Who Work from Home Need Your Time & Energy Too Create and Maintain a Remote Workforce While it may seem like a massive challenge to manage remote employees, it can actually be quite similar to overseeing an in-office staff. Find out how to effectively manage a remote workforce with these tips. 6. Implement a
Telecommuting Can Be a Win-Win As an employer, you might be tempted to go the traditional route of having all your employees in the office all the time. But even though it’s tempting and understandable to want to keep an eye on the people you’re paying, businesses can benefit greatly when their workers telecommute. Here’s
Honey Badger Don’t Care, But You Should The Honey Badger has developed a nasty reputation over the past couple of years, but does that make him unemployable? The Honey Badger recently applied for an Inside Sales position with Salary.com. In compliance with the EEOC, we at Salary.com have assessed the candidate’s qualifications against the 28
A Review of The OFCCP’s Compensation Directive 307 The Heat is On! Since the February 27, 2013 release of the latest iteration of the OFCCP’s stated procedures for investigating compensation discrimination (i.e., Directive 307 – effective February 28, 2013), there has been no shortage of webinars, blogs, and warnings from consultants and attorneys alike, providing
The intent of this article is to explain the components of an Employee Stock Option Plan to Human Resources professionals and managers that may need to explain the complexities of a plan to employees. Stock option plans are the large contracts that govern stock options programs. Stock option agreements are the individual options grants, vesting
About Stock Options One of the biggest challenges facing employers is recruiting and retaining qualified, dedicated employees. Over the past decade, with unemployment levels low and the economy doing well, one of the ways businesses in many industries were recruiting the best possible talent and keeping those employees happy was by offering stock options. For
Making the Job Description Clear Will Help to Hire the Best Employees The Importance of Job Descriptions Descriptions of job titles appear in a variety of forms in the workplace. Recruitment ads, compensation surveys and other benchmarking tools, as well as corporate or departmental development plans all use some method of describing a job. The
Pay Structures A company’s pay structure is the method of administering its pay philosophy. The two leading types of pay structures are the internal equity method, which uses a tightly constructed grid to ensure that each job is compensated according to the jobs above and below it in a hierarchy, and market pricing, where each
