HR Solutions, Inc., a Chicago-based management consulting firm specializing in employee engagement surveys, analyzed recurring themes in employee surveys and compiled the following top ten list.

Yesterday, I spoke with you about making your current job work since not everyone is able to change jobs easily or quickly. But, sometimes, you need to cut your losses. Even if you are taking responsibility for your work happiness, some work settings...

The Company's objective, in establishing a dress code, is to enable employees to project a professional, business-like image while experiencing the comfort and advantages of more casual and relaxed clothing.

The increase in the federal minimum wage on July 24, 2008 from $5.85 to $6.55 an hour, is expected to have minimal impact on many employers nation-wide. According to the CCH Internet Research Network, part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, many states...

Great events and 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 best and worst happenings...

We're working on developing a formal mentoring program at a client company that will ensure that every new employee, or employee new to a department, has a formally assigned mentor. And, with this title comes the responsibility to help the employee get...

Gossip is rampant and contagious in some workplaces. I would characterize those gossip-ridden workplaces as settings in which employees do not receive sufficient information about what is happening in the company. (This is one of the employees' five...

According to Wendy Nice Barnes, vice president of Human Resources at eHealth, the COBRA Subsidy is running out for employees who started to receive it in March, 2009. Wendy, who earlier wrote about the COBRA subsidy and alternative health care...

Entering into the annual year-end holiday season creates challenges for you as a company and as an individual. Now is the time to think about what makes sense for both you and your company this year. Employers will deal with a large number of employees...