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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.

Coronavirus

Hiring: Placed on hold

HR leaders are exploring how to keep candidates engaged during hiring delays.
Benefits and Compensation

Have a sick employee? Send them home right now.

That cough or sneeze could be causing panic in your workplace.
Benefits and Compensation

Combating bias against remote workers

A new survey finds on-site employees often resent their remote colleagues.
Benefits and Compensation

Here are the benefit changes to expect this election season

Healthcare always seems to dominate the election season. This year is no different.
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Attacking the coronavirus with clear plans, policies

Consistent, accurate information is vital.
HR Leadership

Insights from a CHRO: HP’s Tracy Keogh

How one CHRO helped her company transition to a new CEO through new technologies and processes.

Benefits and Compensation

How to harness the learning opportunities of parental leave

New parents aren’t the only ones who should be planning before a baby comes.

Benefits and Compensation

How digital health solutions can boost retention

American workers are eager for mobile tools to help them quickly connect to medical care.
Benefits and Compensation

What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

For the first time, retention has pushed to the top of the list of HR concerns.
HR Technology

Does social media hurt or help your recruitment efforts?

A new survey finds many HR professionals aren’t keen on using social platforms to find talent.
Benefits and Compensation

Pay attention to wage and benefit trends

HR will need to get even more creative this year when recruiting workers in high-demand occupations.
Benefits and Compensation

Insights from a CHRO: Harvard Law School’s Roxanne Armbruster

Roxanne Armbruster on her journey from the Coast Guard to Harvard Law School

chatbots
Engagement

Expect more chatbots and voice-activated HR systems in 2020

Workplace technology continues to enhance human and machine interaction.
Benefits and Compensation

Study: Labor market remains solid

An average of 176,000 jobs were created each month in 2019.
Benefits and Compensation

Here are the latest trends in employee bonuses

More companies are basing bonuses on multiple factors of performance.
Diversity

How recruiters can hit a home run

Student athletes can be a prime source for populating your talent pipeline.
Engagement

Here’s what the 2020 jobs forecast tells us

HR professionals can uniquely shape work to benefit both employees and employers.
Employment

Why IBM and others are building a global database for employee credentials

A new consortium uses blockchain technology to store verifiable employee records.
Employment

What employers often forget during a layoff

Morale and productivity can take a hit when companies neglect the employees who were retained.
Diversity

The disturbing new findings about discrimination at work

A new global Glassdoor survey ranks the U.S. highest in workplace discrimination.

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