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You think employees are satisfied at your company—but do you have the data to back that up?

As an HR manager, you have plenty on your plate. You’re scrambling to answer phones, finish payroll, manage benefits, and deal with your everyday tasks.

Although adverse action lawsuits rarely happen when compared to the number of job applicants processed each year, these lawsuits seem to have made the headlines over and over again in recent years.

You never think that a natural disaster will affect your area—until one does. Natural disasters have been devastating in 2017. From fires on the west coast to hurricanes on the Gulf Coast.

If you’re one of the many businesses who have rolled out a chat program such as Slack or Yammer, don’t forget your email password just yet. Email isn’t going anywhere.

So you’re close to winning an ExxonMobil contract. Congratulations! Whether it’s ExxonMobil or another petrochemical giant, your employees who will work under this contract will be required to pass background checks and drug screenings before they are allowed to set foot on the project.

You’re not the only one. You’ve been sitting at your desk all day, and now you’re staring into the abyss of your computer screen. Productivity is at zero. This is when we get off track, and our minds wander to checking Facebook or browsing Amazon.

Even your best employees will make mistakes. It happens, whether they’re star employees or just your average Joes. How management addresses the situation can make all the difference in helping your employee get back on track, and in turn, create a more productive and meaningful team.

As a hiring manager, great talent has to go through you before they can make it onto the team. That’s why HR managers can help build a better workplace from the time they onboard talent through a first work anniversary and beyond.

This week, things are getting back to business as usual after Hurricane Harvey at our Headquarters in Houston. Unfortunately, our friends and clients in Florida are now recovering from Hurricane Irma.

The federal government is winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and the announcement has worried hundreds of thousands of the workers who use the program. For employers, there are also many unknowns.