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2024 was a hard year for HR

HR Brew

Since she started recruiting for HR specifically in 2007, Mazzullo told HR Brew the HR industry has had three particularly bad years: 2008, 2020, and 2024. The downturn HR experienced in 2024 is unique from those in 2008 and 2020, Mazzullo said, because it happened sooner than expected. “I It’s not you. It’s everyone.

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Boeing Faces a Union Strike—Another Domino Threatens to Fall

HR Digest

The union gave into multiple concessions after two previous agreements since 2008, and workers are determined to have the company make up for it. billion in core operating losses over the course of the last five years, the company has faced multiple crashes and mid-flight malfunctions and has been accused of prioritizing profits over safety.

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Silence Is Not Golden: 5 Ways Lack of Feedback Kills Productivity

Civility Partners

In 2008, tech scholar Nicholas Carr raised a provocative question in a cover story for The Atlantic: Is Google Making Us Stupid? They need it quickly so they can adjust course immediately. Mistakes Snowball Without Course Correction Silence doesnt just mean missed opportunities. A lack of feedback kills productivity.

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Genetic Information and Employee Wellness: A Compliance Primer

The Employer Handbook

If you’re not sure what that means, this post is your compliance crash course. “Gina works the diner all day, working for her man, she brings home her pay…” But if her employer starts asking about her family medical history, we might have a problem. Not with Bon Jovi—but with GINA, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

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Top 9 HR Priorities You Should Steal From the Fortune 100 Best Companies

Great Place to Work

Great Place To Work research found that companies with more inclusive cultures — where frontline employees, women, minorities, and long-tenured employees were having a better experience — were less likely to suffer losses during the 2008 financial crisis. Not only did 69 “thriving” companies avoid the 35.5%

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20 Creative & Unique Employee Of The Month Award Ideas

Empuls

 A study by Brun and Dugas (2008) emphasizes aligning employee recognition programs with organizational goals to enhance morale and retention. Offering access to professional courses, conferences, or workshops shows that the company is invested in the employee’s growth.

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SHRM changes course on DE&I, shifts focus to inclusion

HR Brew

Taylor said he finds this notion insulting, both to him and his organization, as he also worked alongside Janet Reno, a democrat and the first female attorney general, and supported Hillary Clinton in 2008, and SHRM has supported Julie Su’s labor secretary nomination. “If