Your Company is Already Using AI. Where’s Your Policy?
Everyone’s racing to use AI – but few have paused long enough to ask, “Do we have rules for...
Monthly Archives: February 2026
Why Work in HR? 15 Reasons To Start Your HR Career
Why work in HR? A quick online search and its AI overview generate some of the following responses: making...
DE Talk | Merit, Myths, and Measurement: Navigating the New ROI of Workplace Diversity
Season 7 • Episode 7 What happens to workplace diversity when the regulatory landscape shifts overnight? In this episode, compliance
Patrick Ho: From College Job to Career Calling in Public Sector HR
In 2014, Patrick Ho was a political science and government major at Kennesaw State University, just looking for a...
Can an Employee with Tourette’s Use Slurs and Keep Their Job? The ADA and Workplace Boundaries
At the British Academy Film Awards – better known as the BAFTAs, the U.K.’s version of the Oscars – a man with Tourette’s Syndrome interrupted the ceremony while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award, shouting a racial slur. That public moment raises a workplace question:
Bill Seeks to Put 4.1% Pay Raise in Place for Federal Workers in 2027
In recent years, the Federal Salary Council has produced data suggesting that federal employees earn nearly 25% less than...
Ep152: AI in HR – While the Courts Decide, What You Need to Think About
Send a text AI is here and there are ongoing court cases to determine the legality of using it...
Building Jobs That Matter with Professor Carol Atkinson
What if most workplace well-being initiatives miss the real issue—not how people feel at work, but how the job...
February Focus: Team Building & Internal Communication
As the excitement of the holidays and the New Year fades away, February can often feel slow for organizations....
AI in Employee Engagement: 6 Use Cases, and Your Action Plan How-To
The role of AI in employee engagement is growing quickly, but not everyone is succeeding in maximizing its potential....
Shifting Reasons and Skipped Steps — and Why the Employer Still Won
Two arguments show up in almost every termination lawsuit: that the employer’s reason changed, and that it didn’t follow its own policy. The Eleventh Circuit recently explained why neither argument, without more, is enough to get a case to a jury. TL;DR: In a recent Eleventh Circuit decision, the
Black Women in the Public Sector Saw Large Employment Losses in 2025
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) recently shared data revealing that Black women’s employment rate by 1.4% percentage points, to...
4 Components of a Comprehensive Training Needs Analysis
Understand the importance of a needs analysis before training. Identify performance gaps and improve organizational outcomes effectively. The post 4 Components of a Comprehensive Training Needs Analysis appeared first on hr bartender.
HR in Constant Change with Perry Timms
In this episode of the HRchat Podcast, host Bill Banham is joined by Perry Timms, author of Transformational HR...
A CEO Says He Avoids Burnout for $500 a Month. His Math Doesn’t Add Up
I got a press release proclaiming, “CEO spends over $500/month to avoid burnout! ” Burnout is a huge issue,...
You updated your arbitration agreement. You rolled it out electronically. You included an opt-out. That should be enough – right?
Under basic contract law, yes. But thanks to the Ending Forced Arbitration Act, that may not be the end of the story. TL;DR: The New Jersey Appellate Division held that a mutual arbitration agreement was valid and enforceable, reversing a trial court that had voided it. But because the