General HR

I-9 Compliance Webinar to Help Companies Avoid, Prepare For And Survive An ICE Audit

By HR Vendor News | January 6, 2011

DETROIT — January 6, 2011 — John Morton, head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has stated the organization intends to increase its scrutiny of employers. Employer audits are up 50 percent over last year, and approximately $50 million in fines were imposed by the federal government in fiscal year (FY) 2010. On January…

WorkSimple Drives Employee Performance with New Self-Service Cloud Platform

By HR Vendor News | January 5, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, CA-(January 5, 2011)—WorkSimple, the leading results-driven performance management solution, just introduced a new self-service application for teams, departments, and small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The new app empowers leadership, management and HR to quickly and easily deploy employee-centric performance management platform. With its latest release, WorkSimple is addressing a pain point among businesses.…

EmployeeScreenIQs Legal Webinar to Help Employers Navigate Background Screening Challenges and EEOCs E-RACE Initiative

By HR Vendor News | January 5, 2011

CLEVELAND / January 5, 2011 — HR professionals and small business leaders can learn how to avoid discrimination claims in the hiring process and other legal dangers in a new webcast hosted by EmployeeScreenIQ and featuring expert Pamela Q. Devata of Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. The January 25 webcast, presented by the global employment screening provider,…

Job Search Television Network Wins Prestigious Award for Human Resources Technology Innovation

By HR Vendor News | December 30, 2010

Chicago — Job Search Television Network (JSTN) announced today that HRO Today Magazine has recognized JSTN as one of the year’s most innovative human resource technologies. The company was awarded a prestigious HR SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) TekTonic Award for its unique video-centric recruitment products. The award was presented to JSTN at the HR Demo Show, a…

BLS's Compensation and Working Conditions Online Journal Provides Wealth of Information on Compensation Topics

By HR Vendor News | December 29, 2010

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Compensation and Working Conditions Online (CWC Online) is a monthly journal that features analytical articles on compensation (wages and benefits), collective bargaining, and safety and health issues. Most articles feature data from BLS surveys and are written by the agency’s analysts who know the data thoroughly and have the…

JWT INSIDE Wins iNOVA Grand Prize in Careers/Recruitment for the Bloomberg Personality Index. Sweeping Careers; Placing in Intranet, Brand Management, Blog

By HR Vendor News | December 22, 2010

JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading employee relationship marketing agencies, was honored with ten iNOVA Awards, winning Grand Prize and sweeping the Careers/Recruitment Category for the second consecutive year; in addition to placing in Intranet Sites, Redesign/Relaunch, Business Blog, Brand Management and Social Network. The iNOVA Awards, sponsored by MerComm, Inc., honor the world’s…

Sherri Bockhorst Joins Buck Consultants in St. Louis as Principal

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2010 – Sherri Bockhorst has joined Buck Consultants as a principal in the firm’s St. Louis office. She will serve in the Health and Productivity practice. With 15 years of consulting experience, Bockhorst joins Buck from Towers Watson, where she led the St. Louis health & group benefits practice. Her consulting…

Health Reform Prompts Employers to Get Creative with Wellness

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

December 15, 2010–The epic debate on health care raised plenty of controversy and confusion – but one thing that people across both aisles seemed to agree on was the need for a renewed focus on wellness and prevention at the workplace, in schools and at home. While wellness didn’t get nearly as much media coverage…

Job Search Television Network Wins Prestigious Award for Human Resources Technology Innovation

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

Chicago, IL — Job Search Television Network (JSTN) announced today that HRO Today Magazine has recognized JSTN as one of the year’s most innovative human resource technologies. The company was awarded a prestigious HR SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) TekTonic Award for its unique video-centric recruitment products. The award was presented to JSTN at the HR Demo Show,…

Impact Achievement Group Article Advises New Managers on Effective Delegation

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

SEATTLE — December 21, 2010 — Learning to effectively delegate appropriate tasks and prevent upward delegation are critical components of successful management. A new article by Impact Achievement Group gives new managers actionable tips for successfully assigning work tasks. “Initiative, Personal Responsibility, and Delegation,” the twelfth in a 12-part article series, gives new supervisors practical…