Here’s our roundup of all-time most offensive HR policies. These policies are appalling. If we’re not being viewed by our employers as the complex, creative, insightful beings we believe ourselves (on our good days, anyway) to be, then it’s time for us to find new employers. We’re a team!&# MORE >>

As an organization that supports and employs many members of the local community, how do you handle requests for time-off to volunteer? What’s your policy? In times of disaster, we tend to see the best in human behavior. On Sunday, May 22, 2011, a massive tornado ripped Joplin, Mo., More than 100 lost their lives. MORE >>

This morning Carrie Corbin and I happen to be training eager HR professionals at our S ocial Media Boot Camp for HR session who are interested in how tools like BeKnown and other corporate social media tools can be integrated into their human resources, employment branding, recruiting, and employee engagement strategies. BuzzDing. Hootsuite. MORE >>

Conversations are happening among HR teams, employment law attorneys as well as executives. Social Intelligence offers a social media and online background check program allowing for employers more comprehensive and consistent alternatives to googling or self-service social networking vetting methods.  Treat Informal Checks as Formal.   MORE >>

He is the author of the nationally recognized  Ohio Employer’s Law Blog  and tweets about employment law issue, follow him at  @jonhyman. The survey reveals that employees routinely steal pay from their employers for time they have not worked. Employee Relations Jon Hyman PoliciesFOT Nation - Meet Jon Hyman:   . MORE >>