Holiday shopping on the job: Should you try to stop it?
November 5, 2009 by Jim Giuliano
Can you limit online shopping at work, without being seen as the second coming of Scrooge? Take a look at the figures and decide. More…
Can you limit online shopping at work, without being seen as the second coming of Scrooge? Take a look at the figures and decide. More…
There are proven ways to make any meeting — whether it’s about open enrollment or managing healthcare costs — more effective. More…
According to a recent survey, most executives have committed a common e-mail blunder, with results ranging from embarrassment to breaches of employees’ privacy. More…
Need another reason to make sure all communication is crystal clear? Just look at the chaos a typo recently caused this worker and her employer. More…

In the wake of the Great Economic Meltdown of ‘08 — and the cheating that preceded it — business schools are considering an ethics test before sending grads into the real world. Would you pass it? More…
We’ve all sent e-mails to the wrong address before. But hopefully the message didn’t include confidential information about 1,300 customers. More…
The labor market’s tight, but that’s not stopping workers from trying to jump ship to another employer. More…
The country’s biggest employer is taking a stand against dangerous driving. More…
Paid-time-off (PTO) policies work great when trying to control absences for sick or vacationing workers. But they tend to fall short when it comes to keeping sick workers from spreading illnesses among co-workers. More…
Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: How far can we go when questioning an applicant about criminal charges? More…