Microsoft is revamping HR practices after an email thread revealing stories of misconduct spread among employees. Microsoft is developing training material, requiring managers to participate in training and changing practices on responding to complaints. CNBC (4/15)
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Recruiting & Retention
Why underqualified hires might be best Most companies recruit people who best suit hiring criteria, but Lastline CEO John DiLullo says some of his most successful hires have been people slightly less qualified. These individuals, who are "about 70% qualified and 30% terrified," are hungry to learn and put in extra effort to measure up, DiLullo writes. Fast Company online (4/15)
How to Prevent FMLA Leave Abuse Intermittent FMLA leave may be problematic for employers because it opens the door for abuse by employees and opportunities for an employer to fall short. This whitepaper will provide HR with 9 ways an employer can tackle this challenging area. Download XpertHR's Guide Now
How to boost gender parity, diversity in the workplace Companies that foster gender parity and diversity tend to have higher performance and operational outcomes, among other positive returns, BTS USA President and CEO Jessica Parisi writes. Parisi outlines four ways companies can bolster this endeavor, including having leaders take a hands-on approach to promoting the message organizationwide. Training magazine (4/12)
Benefits & Compensation
NABTU president calls for union, wage protections US infrastructure investment must include union and wage protections, North America's Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey said at the organization's 2019 legislative conference. Unions must call for their pension funds to be invested in projects such as the $13 billion John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 1 project, McGarvey said. Construction Dive (4/10)
Teams need caring leaders, but caring about people is not the same as trying to be friends with them, says author Kevin Kruse. "I just focus on my values, the organization's goals, and do what's right by that," he says. Skip Prichard Leadership Insights (4/8)
[Human evolution] just got even messier, more complicated and a whole lot more interesting.
Matt Tocheri, anthropologist, about the recent discovery of a previously unknown human species
