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HR’s 2013 Performance Review (via SHRM’s #nextchat)
Yesterday, We Know Next, the muscle-bound social media arm of the Society for Human Resource Management, hosted a NextChat session on Twitter.
Oh, you don’t know NextChat?
NextChat is a one-hour session on Twitter, which runs every Wednesday from 3-4 PM EST on a topic du jour — that’s the soup of the day — affecting HR.
Each NextChat features 8 questions posed to an HR influencer. During theNextChat, other Twitter users may tweet along using the hashtag #nextchat, or simply follow along by searching for the #nextchat hashtag.
This week, the HR influencer was moi. (Go figure). The topic: HR’s 2013 Performance Review.
If you missed yesterday’s NextChat, check out all great tweets after the jump…
NLRB ok’s firing of two employees who trashed their company on Facebook
It’s been a while since we’ve discussed discipline for employee Facebook behavior. So, let’s go over some basics. Generally speaking:
- one employee, griping alone on Facebook about his employer, can be fired; but
- two employees, complaining together on Facebook about their employer, cannot be fired.
NJ votes to increase minimum wage to $8.25
On Election Day, NJ voters approved a constitutional amendment increasing the state’s minimum wage by $1, from $7.25 to $8.25. The new wage rate will take effect on January 1, and future increases will be tied to inflation.
Governor Chris Christie, who was re-elected on Tuesday had opposed the increase, claiming that the state’s economy would have a difficult time withstanding the increase.
New Jersey becomes the 20th state to establish a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum of $7.25.
Nearly half of employers investigate job applicants online
This according to a CareerBuilder.com survey (here) released last week.
Of the 2,775 hiring managers polled, almost half (48%) responded that employers will use Google or other search engines to research candidates. Nearly the same number (44%) will research the candidate on Facebook. Just over one quarter (27%) will monitor the candidate’s activity on Twitter. 23% will review the candidate’s posts or comments on Yelp.com, Glassdoor.com or other rating sites.
The survey cites these statistics as a way to encourage job seekers to keep their online personas clean from digital dirt. So, I’ll take a different approach and offer some tips for employers:
That’s what they said: Social media and the workplace and the lawsuits
One social media-related post in October. One may be good enough for the Red Sox — eat it, Detroit — not here.
So, with a little help from my friends, I’ve got three stories on the the impact that the technology in the workplace has on litigation proceedings.
Over at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Venkat Balasubramani writes here about a recent decision in which a court found that a passenger’s social media rant against and airline employee may not have been defamation, but it was enough to create a claim of “false light.”
Fan gets fired for playing hooky to maintain his Yankee Stadium attendance streak
You’re probably thinking to yourself, “What kind of person cares that much about going to a baseball game that he would risk losing his job over it?”
The guy who hasn’t missed a Yankees home game for 38 years.
According to this CBS2 New York Report, Joseph Neubauer, who hadn’t missed a Yankees home game since the 1970’s, was fired from his position because he didn’t want to mess up an attendance streak at Yankee Stadium.
Your resume is in Klingon, plus 11 other ways not to impress the hiring manager
Last week, CareerBuilder.com released its survey and study of resume do’s and don’ts. The one I received on used toilet paper was both a do-do and a don’t. But, at least she used 12-point Times New Roman. Still, that didn’t make the list. Here’s what did…
How long should a resume be?
Two pages max; one page if you are a recent college grad.
GUEST POST: Three keys to maximizing your onboarding success
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Holly DePalma. Holly is Director, HR Services at MidAtlantic Employers’ Association, a single source for HR services, delivering responsive, practical solutions to its members.
(Want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook? Email me).
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