HR Quote of the Day

Nearly seventy-five percent of job-seekers still use newspapers to look for employment, according to a report released by the Conference Board. The survey of five-thousand households found nearly sixty percent of job-seekers use the Internet to look for employment. The Western U.S. is the only area of the country where the Internet topped newspapers among those seeking jobs.
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HR-XML

The HR-XML Consortium is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of a standard suite of XML specifications to enable the efficient exchange of HR data. The mission of the HR-XML Consortium is to spare employers and vendors the risk and expense of having to negotiate and agree upon data interchange mechanisms on an ad-hoc basis.
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Overqualified

Workers holding a bachelor's degree who make less than $19,800 a year are considered "overqualified." Nearly eight percent of U.S. residents are considered overqualified, according to a recent Migration Policy Institute study of Census Bureau data. This compares to nearly 24 percent of foreign-born, non-citizen residents that are considered overqualified.
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HR Quote of the Day

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, nearly five million people who desire full-time jobs have settled for part-time work, up nearly 30% from five years earlier. Only 17% of part-time workers get health insurance benefits from employers, and only 21% of part-timers are included in employers' pension plans, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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FLSA

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers are not required to pay nonexempt employees while on leave for jury service. FSLA requires employers to pay full salaries to exempt employees who are absent from work for less than one week to perform jury service. The same requirements apply to employees who must appear as a witness or a defendant in a court case.
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National holidays

There are no mandated national holidays in the U.S. The President and Congress can legally designate holidays only for federal government employees. There are currently ten federal holidays. Each of the fifty U.S. states has jurisdiction over its holidays. In practice, most states observe the federal holidays, in addition to their own public holidays which are observed at the state or local level.
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HR Director

The HR Director is a top-level manager responsible for the administration of all human resource activities and policies. The director oversees compensation, benefits, staffing, affirmative action, employee relations, health and safety, and training/development functions. They also supervise professional human resources staff.
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