Carol Patton

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Carol Patton is a contributing editor for HRE who also writes HR articles and columns for business and education magazines. She can be reached at hreletters@lrp.com.

Company culture

What’s most important in workplace contact tracing?

HR needs to proceed with caution, especially around confidentiality.

Company culture

Can HR ban politically focused face masks?

Consistency is key when it comes to free speech policies, experts say.
Company culture

Why HR needs to watch out for ‘immunity discrimination’

‘Immunity discrimination’ could become HR’s next legal nightmare.
Coronavirus

Employers’ latest quandary: COVID-19 vaccines

One expert says the legal outlook for HR is “clear as mud.”
Compensation

Managing cost-of-living differences for pay in a remote world

As the number of remote jobs increases, HR is tasked with rethinking pay variations based on geography.
Career Development

How employers are recruiting in the age of the CARES Act

Although unintended, the relief legislation complicated hiring across multiple industries.
Coronavirus

Reopening your workplace? How to tell employees

HR professionals can encourage employees to return to the workplace by focusing more on outcomes, less on data.
Company culture

Diversity, data and COVID plan among priorities for new CHRO

Social Solutions’ SVP of People brings experience from BusinessSolver, Target.
Company culture

Solutions and strategies to ease the return-to-workplace

HR needs to prepare employees for an office that looks and feels much different.
Career Development

How this global nomad used her experience to manage the COVID crisis

How the Schneider Electric HR leader finds calm and balance during a pandemic.
Company culture

Insights from a CHRO: Trifacta’s Katie Murphy

The new vice president of HR at Trifacta has managed disruption with forward-thinking.
Company culture

New project gives free access to corporate COVID-19 strategies

More than 300 organizations including Ford, Starbucks and New Balance have already contributed.
Career Development

How to take training virtual

Remote workforces have meant a spike in the number of companies shifting learning and development online.
Company culture

Why empathy is key as employees return to workplaces

HR needs to be ready to deal with fear, depression and other challenges.

Company culture

Insights from a CHRO: Sheri Bronstein

Bank of America’s CHRO addresses how COVID-19 is changing HR.
Awards

How one innovator took a ‘step up’ in employee recognition

While this HR tech innovator continuously improves his digital workplace, he also seeks ways to improve himself.
Awards

2020 HR’s Rising Stars: Fearless learner at Noven

Continuous learning—both for herself and the talent at Noven Pharmaceuticals—has defined Johan Maestri’s success.
Career Development

Reskilling: A matter of ‘survival’

Future growth is dependent on smart reskilling strategies.

Engagement

Social Media: A recruitment help or hindrance?

In order for social media to serve as an effective recruitment tool, HR must develop a digital-marketing strategy and positive candidate experience.
Company culture

Why ‘moving slowly’ should be at the core of returning to workplaces

One company cautions there won’t be a “big bang Monday,” where all employees head back at once.

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