“Summer Fridays” used to be a term relegated only to the Manhattan elite who fled the city every Friday to get a head start on their Hamptons weekend retreats. However, increasingly, more employers are offering a shorter work week as a way to …

Workers are now more than ever putting a premium on their happiness, both at work and at home, according to MetLife’s 15th Annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study. Forty-nine percent of employees are concerned about their financial well-being. One way to ease their worry …

Here at Abel HR we love military veterans and having them on our client’s staff and our own team. After all, our own fearless leader – Jim Bell Sr. – is a Navy veteran himself (that’s him in the picture ). From …

Most employees dream about when they can get their toes in the sand or hit the slopes. When vacation leave requests begin rolling in, it can be overwhelming, especially when you’re not sure what your rights, as the employer, are when it …

When it comes to thinking about hiring a new manager for a team, it seems only logical that your first consideration should fall on the most productive folks in said team. These super-workers aren’t always superstars when it comes to being in …

With court decisions happening all the time, the law changes in the blink of an eye. One lawsuit recently grabbed our attention – largely for its simplicity – was the concept of having employees sign an agreement to arbitrate violations of federal …

Rather than play phone tag for weeks on end, many recruiters email almost exclusively with candidates to set up appointments and even chat about their progress to date in the recruiting process. However, increasingly, many HR professionals are adding text messages to …

What can we, as human resources professionals, do to ease some of the burden for working parents – and working mothers in particular? Obviously, there isn’t much we can do in the home itself, but even incremental changes in the way that …

We’ve talked at length about how millennial workers can bring value to your business through new ideas and perspectives, but what can you do to make your business attractive to this coveted generation? This age group values their benefits package and may …

If you were to survey your employees and ask if they have room in their schedules to take one long-running project, chances are, you’d get a whole lot of side eye. But, if you were to tell them that the time they …

Slurping your coffee and putting your elbows on the table at a luncheon isn’t just bad manners, it’s bad business etiquette. It is a make-or-break aspect of business you cannot ignore. Etiquette is about conducting yourself in a respectful way to make …

Companies are removing marijuana from drug testing panels because changes to some state laws allow access to medical marijuana, some states are taking steps to decriminalize the drug and a shift in attitudes toward cannabis use. Federal officials seem to be leaning …