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 can we hang on to older, experienced workers who seem ready and willing to retire? 

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Tags: Annette Cummings, retirement

We asked 314 HR managers: “Do part-time employees in your organization gets some sort of benefits package?” Here what they said:

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Tags: benefits, part-time, starbucks, UPS

When the economy is going through a bumpy period, companies often need to make tough choices to stay solvent. Four employers show how they’re doing it without resorting to deep cuts that kill employee morale and often make things worse.

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Tags: Hewlett-Packard, layoffs, morale

Everyone’s under more pressure these days, and that often translates into more tension between workers and their bosses. Can HR do anything to prevent an all-out explosion between the two?

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Tags: Sam Glenn, turnover

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: Another company is unfairly raiding us for talent.

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Tags: exit interview, fire, hire

The unemployment rate jumped to its worst level in almost four years. But some industries got hit harder than others, so you can’t assume that your company will be swamped with applications from job-seekers.

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Tags: construction, manufacturing, unemployment, wages

A changing economy and changing attitudes about work have resulted in some new reasons rising to the top of the list of why employees leave – giving you clues about how you’ll want to frame your appeal to job-hunters.

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Tags: benefits, compensation, downsizing, right management

The National Association of Colleges and Employers asked 19,000 new graduates what they were looking from their employers. The answers were surprising.

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Tags: 401(k), medical insurance, national association of colleges and employers

It’s a rare business that needs an employment contract for every employee. But it can save you time, money and legal aggravation if you know which employees should be under contract and which shouldn’t.

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Tags: confidentiality, employment contracts, good faith, noncompete

Figuring the cost of turnover is an inexact science at best. Inexact, but not impossible.

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Tags: entrepreneur.com, penny morey, Society for Human Resources, Training, turnover, unemployment