Employee relations

ClearCompany, Nortek and Reflektive are among the providers that offer a transparent platform so workers and managers can maintain open communication.

Boomr helps small businesses develop a detailed record of how much time employees are spending in the office.

ClearCompany, Nortek and Reflektive are among the providers that offer a 360-degree communication platform so workers and managers can maintain open communication.

U.S. filings for unemployment benefits fell last week and continuing claims dropped to the lowest level since 1973.

Employers using the firm’s workforce management tool can offer the Even app, which provides advance wages and budgeting help, to its workers.

The accounting firm is among the employers using volunteering benefits to create a culture that attracts young talent.

Employers are using a backward-looking evaluation process that is time-consuming for managers, demotivating for workers and of negligible benefit to the company as a whole.

The accounting firm is among the employers using volunteering benefits to create a culture that attracts young talent.

Maven is offering the service as a way for employees to transport milk when they are spending time away from a newborn.

Employers are using a backward-looking evaluation process that is time-consuming for managers, demotivating for workers and of negligible benefit to the company as a whole.

One-third of execs say they’ve changed behavior, SHRM reports. But cases are still prevalent, and employees say HR’s ability to investigate allegations and changing workplace culture are key to curbing incidents.

Employers using the firm’s workforce management tool can offer the Even app, which provides advance wages and budgeting help, to its workers.

Maven is offering the service as a way for employees to transport milk when they are spending time away from a newborn.

HR professionals, take note: Training doesn’t have to be dull. By turning it into a game, employees will be eager to gain new skills.

After beefing up its parental leave policy this year, Starbucks will now offer subsidized childcare for all of its U.S. employees, too.

HR professionals, take note: Training doesn’t have to be dull. By turning it into a game, employees will be eager to gain new skills.

Early-morning meetings and other managerial decisions can disproportionately impact working mothers unless executives take notice.

One-third of execs say they’ve changed behavior, SHRM reports. But cases are still prevalent, and employees say HR’s ability to investigate allegations and changing workplace culture are key to curbing incidents.

Tim Ryan, the U.S. chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, wants fellow chief executive officers to lead a day of coordinated talks about workplace diversity.

For all the impressive performance of the U.S. job market, the failure of workers' wages to keep pace remains something of a mystery.