New Overtime Law
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was first enacted in 1938, includes minimum wage, overtime pay and child labor protections for workers in the United States. The FLSA has always included exemptions for certain executive, administrative, professional and outside sales workers. More recently, the Congress added exemptions for certain types of occupations in the computer field...posted by Fred Brown of HR Tech Services

Employee Marketing Improves Work Culture
Maybe one of the most worthwhile classes that a Human Resource professional can take is marketing. Certainly effective communication skills are core competencies for HR professionals. We communicate policy and procedure, vision and values as well as positive reinforcement throughout the organization. But, do we take enough advantage of marketing or influencing techniques in our communication?

Investing in Organizational Success, PART 1
Have you ever been in a management meeting discussing how to get better strategic results and the focus turns to where to invest resources? Where does this discussion usually go? If your organization is like so many others, the discussion goes quickly to investing in technology and equipment. If you are like me, you jump up and down imploring the team to invest in people.