Human Resources News & Insights

Do longer hours translate into higher turnover?

Here’s a case of  two different surveys melding together nicely: One indicates that nearly two-thirds of employers expect staffers to work more hours than they did before the recession. And another says employee turnover is expected to increase significantly over the next five years.

Work/life balance? Not employer’s responsibility, judge says

A New York judge dismissed a class action suit claiming that women were discriminated against by communications giant Bloomberg. And along the way, the judge took a swipe at that whole work/life balance business.

Telecommute: How many will accept a pay cut to do it?

A new survey shows employees are really willing to give up a lot for the privilege of being able to work from home.

Men just as interested in work/life balance as women: Study

Think a healthy work/life balance is chiefly an issue for female employees? If so, you’d be wrong.

Workers taking a little more time off, survey says

Seem like a lot of your employees are taking vacation this month? There’s a reason for that.

The benefit workers would take a pay cut to receive

With the financial straits people are in today, for employees to say they’d be happy taking a pay cut in exchange for a benefit, you know they must really want it.

What would you do: ‘Job enlargement’ is sapping morale big-time

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: A trimmed-back staff is beginning to show the strain of having too much work and too few people.

3 low-cost benefits employees say will boost their productivity

The problem, of course, is that salary and bonus increase budgets have gone dry — so employers can’t motivate with money. The good news: