Periodically, we ask three HR pros how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: How to allot a small nest egg set aside to promote team spirit and motivation. More…

What do employees value most today? Recently, 9,218 full-time U.S. employees at nongovernmental organizations were asked to rank 23 job factors by what’s most important to them. Here is their top 10 (by age group).  More…

We wanted to find a unique way to reward staff who’d stuck with us through thick and thin. More…

In these days of tight payroll budgets, pay-for-performance programs seem like a logical approach. So why don’t they work better? More…

Just what do employees really want, anyway? More…

Even if you offer generous vacation benefits, there’s always going to be that one person who refuses to take time off and burns out because of it. But not at this company. It’s created a clever way of preventing employees from burning the candle at both ends. More…

One company’s promise to employees: Stay with the company for at least seven years and it’ll help make your dreams come true. More…

If it wasn’t clear before, this survey makes it painfully obvious: Employees want the ability to telecommute – and wait until you see what they’re willing to give up to get what they want. More…

Snag and retain top-notch talent. To do it, here’s one benefit the founder and owner of the 2011 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year recommends you offer.  More…

There are tons of micromanagers out there, making sure employees come in at 8:30, leave at 5 and holding workers to a 30-minute lunch break – on the nose. But what would happen if micromanagement became extinct? More…