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What You Need to Know About Marijuana

InfoMart

In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. These attitudes and the new laws put the drug in a sort of legal gray zone, and, as a result, puts employers in a similar position. Should you make allowances for medical marijuana? What about recreational marijuana? Recreational marijuana.

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Top 5 HR trends for 2012

Achievers

With high unemployment & debt levels, a renewed appreciation of family & friends and emphasis on health issues in North America, it wasn’t surprising the top resolutions for 2012 are weight loss, getting more sleep, reading more books, making better money decision and journaling “awesome moments in life.”.

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Flashy HR Tech is in store for 2012 but will it be useful tech?

Achievers

For folks who harken to the day when you had to go to a dedicated computer terminal to get HR information (or, dig through stacks of files and archive boxes), 2012 looks to be another brutal year of technological advancement in the HR software space. And 2012 will see more hit the market in the HR software space. Mobile technology.

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4 Government Agencies Taking a Page from Startups

Cornerstone On Demand

When Denver's Mayor Michael Hancock took office in 2012, he had a daunting $94 million budget shortfall to deal with, but he also had a morale problem after years of city employee cuts. City employees say the more efficient, data-driven protocols allow them to better serve citizens and save precious tax dollars. Denver's Peak Academy.

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Emmanuel Schalit of Dashlane: 5 Things You Need To Successfully Manage A Large Team

Thrive Global

That realization combined with crossing paths with the right people at the right time led me to co-founding Dashlane in 2012. It was then that I realized I preferred smaller companies where I could be closer to other members of the team, the customers, and the product. Ok, let’s jump to the core of our interview.

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Working Remotely: Ideal Work Environment Or Threat To Culture And Employee Productivity?

15Five

Gallup reports that employees working remotely at least part-time grew from 39% in 2012 to 43% in 2016. David is a speaker and prolific writer and was named “The Most Connected Man You Don’t Know in Silicon Valley” by Forbes Magazine. . Risky or not, increased telework seems to be the growing trend.

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Employee Learning and Training—No Retreat, No Surrender!

Reviewsnap

organizations spent more than $164 billion on employee learning in 2012. (In Training magazine’s 2013 Training Industry Report , on the other hand, offers a narrower focus on training initiatives and the dollars spent. million in 2012 to $17.6 How much do employers spend on learning and training? The report indicates that U.S.