News and Up-to-the Minute HR Stories

Great events in the workplace and for Human Resources, managers, and employees happened from 2000-2009, the first decade of the century. When you look back at this decade, what will you remember as the best happenings and events, your favorite happenings and events of the decade for you and your workplace?

Not so great events in the workplace and for Human Resources, managers, and employees happened from 2000-2009, the first decade of the century. When you look back at this decade, what will you remember as the worst happenings and events, your favorite happenings and events of the decade for you and your workplace?

Do you believe your work is worth more money than you are making? If so, you are not alone. According to a Salary.com survey of 13,500 random visitors, sixty-five percent of respondents said they are looking for a new job within the next three months. Of those, fifty-seven percent say they are looking because they believe they are underpaid. But, you may not be underpaid. See what salary increases are available for pay raises currently. You might be surprised.

Seventy-five percent of all employees are looking for new jobs, according to the 2004 U.S. Job Recovery and Retention Survey. Thirty-eight percent of the human resource professionals surveyed said they have noticed an increase in turnover since the beginning of 2004. Employee turnover creates the need for aggressive employee retention programs....

Interested in keeping your best employees when the job market rebounds? Retention will be a challenge, according to a recent study. Retention requires a competitive salary and great benefits. However, retention of your best requires a whole lot more. Employee involvement, recognition, advancement, development and pay based on performance just get you started in your quest to retain your best.

Looking for ways to potentially cut costs and unburden your shrinking number of staff members? Do you have staff working until six and seven at night? Are you going home each day feeling as if you will never catch up? If so, join the crowd - or choose not to join. Outsource instead.

Benefits Buzz provides news relating to HR benefits within the past 48 hours. Archives store earlier information. The site is also a goldmine of benefit information.

FindLaw Legal News provides up-to-the-minutes news in areas such as labor and employment law, business, technology, international, and U.S. law. The whole Web site is a great resource for general legal issues.

Read the regularly updated HR and job searching news and information from the Wall Street Journal Online Careers section.

Legal.com News provides breaking news daily from a variety of sources. A review of recent news stories suggests more than half the news highlighted relates directly to the interests of the HR professional.