Does Employee Experience Matter in the Gig and Freelance Economy?
In HR we have not yet landed on a definition of what comprises employee engagement, yet here we are trying to now define “the employee experience.” One of my favorite futurists and prognosticators about the future of work, Jacob Morgan, is working on a new book about the employee experience. What he has found in […]
Will New FLSA Regulations Push Work Offshore?
Will New FLSA Regulations Push Work Offshore? As everyone in HR should know by now the USDOL has changed the overtime regulations and has moved the minimum salary to $913 per week instead of $455 effective December 1, 2016. This applies to employees who are covered by the Executive, Administrative and Professional exemptions. Some analysts have […]
Will Automation Help You Love Your Job and Work More?
One of my favorite futurists, Jacob Morgan, post a YouTube video where he asked the question “Do you have to love your job?” He posited that it is not necessary to love every aspect of your job in order to say, “I love my job.” I agree with him but I also think that some […]
Reality Check: Being Self-Employed Isn’t Easy
Two events have prompted me to write this blog post. First, my friend and owner of this blog site, Jessica Miller-Merrill, has announced that she is joining a firm that made her a great offer. Secondly, I am reading the book GRIT by Angela Duckworth. The book is about what it takes to be good […]
Is Virtual Reality the Future of New Hire Onboarding?
Virtual reality is, well a reality, and becoming bigger every day. It is on its way to becoming a $30 billion industry by 2021. I think it has great potential as a tool for HR, as I have written before. One of the roadblocks to this happening was the cost of equipment — but Google […]
“Millions to Earn More in Overtime!”: Facts and Fiction of the New FLSA Final Rule
Facts and Fiction of the New FLSA Final Rule That is what the newspaper headline read on the front page of the morning paper. Yes, as many of you are aware the Department of Labor has finally released the final regulations regarding the new wage standard for exempt level employees. There was both good news […]
