SHRM Online - Society for Human Resource Management

SHRM: Society for Human Resource Management

Join / Renew Home | Site Map | Contact Us | SHRM Foundation | HR Certification Institute

Advanced Search

HR Certification Institute	Awards & Scholarships	Membership
Careers at SHRM	Press Room	SHRM Foundation
Annual Reports	Mission and History	News About SHRM
Governance and Leadership	Member Discipline	Advertising Information
HR Jobs	SHRMStore	Copyright and Permissions
Find A Speaker	SHRM's Commercials	SHRM India

HR Disciplines

Benefits	Business Leadership	Compensation
Consulting	Diversity	Employee Relations
Ethics & Sustainability	Global HR	Labor Relations
Organizational & Employee Development	Safety & Security	Staffing Management
Technology

Legal Issues

Employment Law Areas	Federal Resources
State and Local Resources	Events
Involvement & Questions

Templates and Tools

Ask An HR Advisor	Assessment Resources	Express Requests
Glossaries	How To Guides	HR Q&As
Samples	Toolkits	HR Vendor Directory

Publications

Books	E-mail Newsletters
HR News	Legal Report
HR Magazine	Staffing Management Magazine
Subscriptions

Research

Research Articles	SHRM Compensation Data Center
Customized Benchmarking Service	Trends and Forecasting
Labor Market & Economic Data	Survey Findings

Education

Certification Preparation	HR Training for Individuals	HR Training for Corps & Gov’t
Educational Products	Educational Programs	e-Learning
Webcasts (Member Benefit)	Resources for HR Educators	Request a Brochure

Conferences

Request a Brochure	2011 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition	Employment Law & Legislative Conference
Staffing Management Conference & Exposition	Strategy Conference	California Legislative Conference
Diversity Conference & Exposition	Global Conference & Exposition	Student Conferences
State & Affiliate Conferences	Speaker Information	Sponsorship & Exhibitor Information

Communities

Member Directory	HR Talk	SHRM Connect
Member Mentoring	Member News	SHRM Chapters
SHRM Regions, State Councils, MAC	SHRM Special Expertise panels	Student Programs
Volunteer Resources	Volunteer Opportunities	HR Young Professionals

Advocacy

Get Involved	Government Affairs News
Issues	Public Policy Status Reports
Get Out the Vote

SHRM ONLINE HIGHLIGHTS

	SHRM Employee Benefits Survey
	Job Satisfaction Survey
	Workplace Visions: Emerging Economies
	HR Magazine: A Leave Law that Won't Go Away
	Ask an HR Advisor
	SHRM Learning System

Membership

	JOIN NOW!
	RENEW
	Member Benefits
	Find a Chapter
	My Profile

Sign up for SHRM

HR Jobs - Where HR Professionals Find HR Professionals

Text Size: S | M | L

Ask An HR Advisor

Ask Via Online Form

Phone

More News | HR News Weekly Quiz | Give Us Your Feedback Here

LatestNews

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Front Page News

Arizona Penalties for Hiring Illegal Workers Take Effect
Parts of an Arizona immigration law take effect after a federal judge blocks several of its most controversial provisions. However, sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants withstand the first legal test.
More

Executive Pay Could Accelerate
U.S. companies might move up executive compensation payouts planned for 2011 or later because a series of income tax cuts could expire this year.
More

Golden Parachutes Are Deflated
The Dodd-Frank Act, which gives shareholders a nonbinding vote on executive pay, also will impact executives' golden parachute departure packages.
More

Avoiding Workers' Comp Suits
HR professionals are urged to think about ways to return injured workers to the workplace as part of a strategy for avoiding workers' compensation litigation.
More

U.S. Seeks Disabled Employees
Federal government officials pledge to improve their track record for hiring people with disabilities.
More

Australia Aids Working Parents
Working parents who are primary caregivers of a child will get up to 18 weeks of paid leave under a new law in Australia. Minimum wage payments will be funded by the government.
More

Medical Payment Reform
Employers and insurers should pay health care providers for the quality of outcomes, not the quantity of services, says Andy Webber of the National Business Coalition on Health.
View this video || All videos

SHRM Wants You

Getting Started as a SHRM Volunteer
Share your expertise and enthusiasm with your profession. Serve as a SHRM volunteer. There are many ways you can get involved.

New to Volunteering?
The first step is to create your Volunteer Profile. Creating a profile is very easy. You can provide general or detailed information about yourself and you can update or change it whenever you please.
Create your volunteer profile

Already Have a Profile?

View Current Volunteer Opportunities
Review and modify your volunteer profile

Additional Resources

Volunteer Activities
Volunteer Leadership Opportunities

SHRM Volunteer Announcements

SHRM's Mentor-Matching Service
A good mentor can help you unlock your potential and set you on a path to professional success. A new service from SHRM helps you find the right mentor or mentee.
Get started with SHRM's Mentor-Matching service

Special Expertise Panels
SHRM's Special Expertise Panels report on emerging trends in specific HR topic areas. Members from SHRM's 12 panels provide expert advice on matters of professional significance and providing guidance on matters of public policy.

Volunteer for SHRM's Special Expertise Panels

Jobs: Post and Search

Where HR Professionals Find HR Professionals

SHRM’s HR Jobs connects you to the largest collection of challenging, rewarding HR jobs, and qualified, experienced, certified HR professionals on the Internet.

Resources for HR Job-Seekers

Survey: Managing Your HR Career
Article: Lack of Career Advancement Main Reason Workers Consider Leaving
Article: Lack of Career Advancement Main Reason Workers Consider Leaving
Article: Focus on Career Progression To Find Win-Win Hires

All-In-One-Shopping for
Non-HR Positions

The SHRM Job Posting Center lets you place job ads for non-HR positions on multiple job boards with only a few clicks and one bill.

SHRM Store

Books and Products,
Handpicked for HR Professionals

The SHRMStore is your home for HR books and products, selected especially for HR professionals. SHRM members receive a discount on all purchases. Start using this valuable member benefit today!

Featured Book

Performance Appraisal Source Book

The Performance Appraisal Source Book puts the best practical examples of good performance-appraisal forms at your fingertips. With more than 40 sample forms for all types of performance reviews, this guide to developing and using performance appraisal systems is chock full of both great examples and wise advice.

More about this book

This Month's Bestsellers

What books are HR professionals buying? Here's a look at SHRMStore's top-sellers for the week of August 14.

Solving the Compensation Puzzle. Putting together a complete pay and performance system.

101 Sample Write Ups For Documenting Employee Performance Problems. A guide to progressive discipline and termination.

Making Mergers Work. The strategic importance of people.

Best Practices in Succession Planning. Case studies, research model and tools.

The Manager's Guide to HR. What every manager needs to know about human resources.

Ultimate Employer. Everything you need to manage your workforce.

Know How. Ram Charam on skills that separate people who perform from those who don't.

SHRMStore Picks of the Week

The Stanford Video Guide to Negotiating. Stay a step ahead of your negotiating counterparts.

Performance Management

Performance Based Evaluation

About HR

SHRM Videos | Webcasts | E-Learning

HR Disciplines

Benefits

FMLA Parent Rights Extended
Federal officials expand child care leave rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to nontraditional families, including same-sex couples.

More

Diversity

ADA's Promise Still Unfulfilled
Twenty years after enactment of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), meaningful employment is still elusive for many Americans with disabilities.
More

Staffing Management

U.S. CEO Turnover Rate Soars
Turnover among top executives in the United States jumped 23.7 percent in May, as 125 CEOs announced their departures.
More

Global HR

Immigration Reform Supported
The U.S. public supports a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system, according to a recent nationwide poll.
More

Safety & Security

Focus on Oil Clean-Up Workers
Key members of Congress urge protections for workers hired to help clean up Gulf Coast areas impacted by the BP oil spill.
More

MORE HR DISCIPLINES

Legal Issues

2nd Circuit: Plant Closure Plan Halted
In affirming a district court's permanent injunction prohibiting the closure of two company facilities, the 2nd Circuit held that the closure plans violated the company's collective bargaining agreement.
More

Top HR Talk Discussions

	Child coverage to 26
	Weight Limit on Office Chairs
	Dependent Audit
	More HR Talk discussion threads

Recruiters: Post Your Jobs Here!
Quickly post any type of job on multiple boards. And make one easy payment.

S H R M M A R K E T P L A C E
F e a t u r e d L i n k s / A d v e r t i s e m e n t s

Check out great career opportunities with Department of Veterans Affairs!

Performance Appraisal. Simplify Performance Appraisals with Halogen's Award Winning Tools - Free Trial Available.

H R V e n d o r D i r e c t o r y

SHRM's HR Vendor Directory. SHRM Presents The Premier HR Product & Service Exchange. Find the HR vendor you're looking for with the SHRM Vendor Directory, with details about more than 2,000 HR products and services.