Category: HR News

Could corporate America’s CEOs some day be social-media competition for the moms of #MomTok?McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral earlier this week after posting an Instagram video of himself taste-testing a new burger. It fueled backlash from users who ripped into the executive for taking the tiniest bite of the

The latest pivot in a long back-and-forth over how employers should classify gig workers occurred late in February, when the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule to loosen the test for determining independent contractors.The Trump administration intends to rescind a rule issued by President Joe Biden’s DOL that restored

Nobody’s perfect. It’s a good mantra, except when delivering bad news to employees. Then you want to be as perfect as possible.HR leaders and their teams are often tasked with delivering bad news—whether it be earth-shattering (layoffs, firings) or lower-stakes (smaller raises, the end of a beloved perk). Missteps along

Unlike Joan Jett, employers should give a damn ‘bout their reputation.Corporate reputation was long dismissed as a soft metric, only to be considered in crises. But that perception is changing. Recent research finds that company reputation, including workplace reputation, can boost financial performance.A recent analysis by PR and communications firm