Human Resources News & Insights

Open enrollment 2.0: Latest tools, strategies

Give yourself a pat on the back. It appears you worked hard to ramp up communication with employees during this past open enrollment season. 

Grab an egg nog and check your e-mail

‘Fess up, now: You checked your work e-mail over the holiday, didn’t you?

How one company lived up (or down) to its bad image

How’d you like to be HR director for this organization?

Who won this case: Was firm wrong to read e-mails on work computer?

Does an employer have the right to read an employee’s e-mails to his attorney, if they’re sent over a work-issued computer?  Read the dramatized version of this real-life case and see if you can determine the outcome.

Ignore this IRS e-mail – here’s why

Get an e-mail that says your federal tax deposit was rejected? Here’s why you can probably ignore it.

Benefits communication: To tweet or not to tweet?

Despite the fact that nearly half of your workers use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, don’t be too eager to start posting your company’s benefits info on them.

Off-the-record e-mail: Valuable business tool or dangerous toy?

There’s a new software service that allows employees to communicate via a form of e-mail that leaves no electronic trace. Is that a good thing?

Answers to tricky HR questions: E-mail and the performance review process

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: What are the legal pitfalls of doing reviews via e-mail?

Answers to tricky HR questions: What are the rules on storing employee e-mails?

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: What’s our responsibility when it comes to storing employee e-mails?

No-cost tool collects employees’ anonymous feedback

As a benefits pro, you need to know if your message gets through — and if employees are happy with their benefits.