Turnover and Retention

Retail Scheduling Software Could Harm Employee Morale, As Well As Customer Service

The Way It Used To Be Twice each year my mother would make her regular pilgrimage to the old B. Siegel’s store select her seasonal professional attire. It was always a leisurely, enjoyable experience – one that newly-introduced employee scheduling software... (Continue reading)

Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job

The following is a guest post from The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, with a few of my thoughts appended thereafter. (Do I sound like a lawyer there, or what?) At a time when many economists and futurists are pointing to... (Continue reading)

Proving the Obvious? Good HR is Good Business, Study Finds

This from Tampa Bay Business Journal via the ManagersRealm blog: According to a recent Gevity Institute study, certain HR practices result in measurable business results. The study found that small businesses that follow a set of “workforce alignment” employee management strategies achieve... (Continue reading)

Read, Aimed, FIRED! The First Year on the Job May Be Deadly!

According to some recent studies, almost half of new rookie hires do not make with the company for more than 1 and 1/2 years. And it is not just lower-level employees who don’t make the cut — one study shows... (Continue reading)

The Next Big Wal-Mart Controversy: Rotating Shifts

In what may become the next major employee relations fiasco at Wal-mart, a CNN story reports some unhappyWal-mart employees complaining about what appears to be a “trial balloon” regarding rotating shifts. As reported in this Cnnmoney.com story: ... (Continue reading)

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