The post ’80s digital generation is more concerned with free time than work, demanding flexi-hours and remote working, they want to take longer holidays, they want better perks and bigger benefits, and so on. No one knows what millennials want better than the millennials themselves. MORE

New survey data finds few organizations are investing in their employees’ training and development these days, and I’m beginning to think the “gig economy” may have something to do with it. For those companies that are providing training, only 35 percent are offering career development opportunities online. And, according Saba, the majority of employees (57 percent) are simply getting their training from “on the job” experience. MORE

Sadly, feeling disconnected from our work is not a rarity — and for all the attention focused upon the issue, progress has eluded us. To solve the greater work-life-happiness dilemma, it is becoming clear that we need to implement swift, concrete changes in the way we work. MORE

The labor laws we know today are a culmination of changes which have taken shape throughout the last century. Certain specific federal and state legislative activities are in large part responsible for the way we approach compensation today. Pay Equity: 2014. MORE

The new year is a period for looking back and looking forward. We look back at what we have accomplished, and look forward to setting goals for the new year. 2016 was a very busy year in the HCM Software Marketplace. The HR Technology Conference and Exposition proved that the HCM Tech space, while mature in many areas, still has opportunities for growth and innovation. The acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft is significant for two reasons. MORE

Except for the recent brouhaha about raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, the business press routinely ignores the more than 60 percent of American workers who are hourly employees. The rules have changed. The old rule still rules. MORE

Nobody ever wants to be the one to break the bad news. But, see, the thing is, I did a survey. It was very scientific and professional, in the sense that I made a post on Facebook and had as many people share it as I could. What do you wish hiring managers knew? MORE

Uber and Lyft have become synonymous with the gig economy, but ridesharing is far from the only industry ripe with opportunities for on-demand work. The Digital Demand. In today’s world, people literally want to choose by the day what they want to do,” Burgess says. MORE