About the author: Lance Haun
Lance is community director for ERE Media and a writer on TLNT. He has been in the human resources industry for six years in both strategic and tactical roles, giving him a solid understanding of the field in a relatively short period of time. He is a proud product of the Washington State University School of Business and enjoys recreating in the great Northwest U.S. in his spare time. He blogs at Rehaul.com.
HR is ready for a visit from the Labor Department
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week we asked: How prepared are you for a Labor Department wage-and-hour audit? Totally prepared — 46% Mostly prepared but would have to put a [...]
Do you offer benefits that cater to older workers?
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you offer benefits that cater to older workers? No: 82% Yes: 18% As businesses look at retention concerns as the [...]
Unlocking hidden innovation
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you think your employees are innovative enough? Yes, but the company doesn’t do enough to push it: 47% No, our [...]
HR pros and Goldilocks: Just right
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you believe HR people at your organization are too nice? No — HR is about the right level of nice [...]
A split on pay-for-performance
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Are you adding pay-for-performance compensation and rewards plans at your company? Yes — we are adding more people to these plans, 33% [...]
HR not touchy-feely?
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you hug your employees? No: 45% Depends on how well I know them: 29% Yes: 26% Admittedly, I’m not much [...]
Commuting is no big deal for most employees … yet
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you think people call in sick to your workplace because of a long commute? No, we haven’t had a problem [...]
Not buying an increase in HR jobs
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and human resources practitioners. We run the poll question each Thursday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Do you feel as though there has been an increase in HR jobs in your area? No: 74% Yes: 26% While [...]
