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Why the Best Onboarding Happens Outside the Conference Room

3 days ago | hrmorning.com | Kevin Fagan

Picture this: A new employee’s first day consists of hours trapped in a stuffy conference room, drowning in paperwork and boring PowerPoint slides about company policies. Sound familiar? It’s the reality for countless new hires, yet studies show this approach doesn’t work well. Companies that move onboarding beyond conference room walls — creating hands-on, social experiences — see real improvements in how long employees stay and how quickly they become productive.
3 Ways a Cool Career Site Can Improve Recruiting

1 week ago | hrmorning.com | Michele McGovern

You could probably find more great employees if they could find you first. And that alone is a good reason to consider a career site dedicated to you. A great career site is an extension of your company website, and it’ll help you stand out from all the other jobs like yours listed on the major sites such LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor and ZipRecruiter.
8 Bully Types That Disrupt Workplace Culture

1 week ago | hrmorning.com | Carol Warner

Workplace bullying has long been a challenge, but during Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s especially important to highlight how such behavior directly harms employee well-being, diminishes productivity and exposes organizations to significant legal risks. Recognizing common bullying patterns allows HR professionals to respond quickly and effectively, preventing issues from growing into larger cultural or legal problems.
Here Are the Changes You'll See

2 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Jennifer Weiss

In April 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Shortly thereafter, E-Verify and E-Verify+, which also fall under the purview of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), underwent minor changes as well. Here are the details. The most recent version of Form I-9 has an edition date of January 20, 2025, and an expiration date of May 31, 2027.
How to Identify a Toxic Culture and 11 Ways to Fix It

2 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Michele McGovern

A toxic culture isn’t always obvious. In fact, it’s usually the dark side of the workplace that leaders don’t see, or worse, turn a blind eye to. But employees notice and feel it. According to data from SHRM, employees see or experience 208 million acts of incivility at American workplaces every day. Still, for leaders, fixing a toxic culture probably feels like a daunting task. After all, where would you start? What should you focus on fixing? What steps do you even take?
6 Big Keys to Documentation to Make Case for Termination

2 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Michele McGovern

What’s the one thing companies need to have before they decide to part ways with an errant employee? If you’ve been in HR for more than a minute, you know the answer: Airtight documentation. There’s just no overstating the importance of documentation when a company embarks on the process of firing an employee. Establishing a paper trail you can depend on can protect you against legal backlash and keep you in compliance.
Your New Spin on Feedback

2 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Michele McGovern

You might call it constructive feedback when you have to correct an employee. But to the employee, it sounds like negative feedback. Despite your best intentions, that’s usually the reality. Of course, you want to find a way to deliver necessary feedback without sounding like you think the employee can’t do anything right!The key is to make negative feedback sound like constructive praise.
New Veterans Law Makes USERRA Compliance More Crucial

3 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Jennifer Weiss

Employers should be aware the federal law that protects veterans and service members has been amended by a new law, making the stakes higher. The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act was enacted early in 2025. As a result, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994 changed. Here are the details.
Who's 'Task Masking' and 6 Big It Impacts Work

3 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Michele McGovern

There’s no masking Task Masking these days. It’s a workplace trend that’s all about NOT working. Some say it’s the only way to get through a workday. Others say it’s career suicide. Either way, it’s not a good workplace trend. When employees pretend to be busier than they are, they’re task masking. “It’s when employees feel the pressure to appear constantly engaged, even if they aren’t doing any meaningful work,” says Lynette Silva Heelan, EMEA Consulting Practice Lead, Workhuman.
Trump Takes on Disparate Impact in New Executive Order

3 weeks ago | hrmorning.com | Carol Warner

On April 23, President Trump signed an executive order instructing federal agencies, including the EEOC, not to rely on disparate impact theory when enforcing federal civil rights laws. In other words, the executive order says that just because a company policy ends up having a negative effect on a protected class, like age, race or sex, that alone isn’t enough for the government to say it’s discriminatory.