Let Your Sharks Drive Your Business
Yesterday, we featured 6 of consultant Jon Gordon’s tips for reenergizing employees. Today, we’ll look at 3 more of his suggestions.
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What to Do When You Choose to Be INconsistent
In yesterday’s Advisor, we discussed the role of consistency in fighting off discrimination lawsuits. Today, when you might want to appear inconsistent, and an introduction to the very timely ADAAA Boot Camp. In some situations, you’re not going to want to be consistent. You are going to want to make an exception. For example, your […]
Employee Failure to Complete FMLA Forms
This content was originally published in April 2009. For the latest FMLA regulation changes, visit our FMLA article archives or try our practical FMLA compliance guide. Can employees’ failure to complete FMLA paperwork doom their FMLA claim? According to a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, the answer is yes. What happened: While working full-time […]
9 Smart Leadership Strategies
“You need to personally make sure that your company is a place where people want to work,” says Jon Gordon in his book, The Shark and the Goldfish: Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change. “You must focus on winning in the workplace if you want to win in the marketplace,” says Gordon. Here […]
Consistency—Easy to Say, Hard to Manage
Consistency, consistency, consistency—every expert preaches it, but it’s not as easy to practice as one might think. In today’s Advisor, what consistency means and how to achieve it. What Happens When You’re Not Consistent? The standard complaint in a discrimination charge or lawsuit is, “You did X to me because I am Y.” “You fired […]
Employment Enforcement Agencies Under New Management
This content was originally published in April 2009. For the latest FMLA regulation changes, visit our FMLA article archives or try our practical FMLA compliance guide. Not surprising, President Obama’s picks to head agencies such as the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) […]
FMLA Guidelines: Sample FMLA/CFRA Policy for California Employers
XYZ Inc. provides family and medical leave benefits in accordance with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). These leave benefits are described below.
Supreme Court Sends ERISA Case Back to Lower Court for Second Look
Yesterday, May 16, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court must take another look at a case that will determine whether approximately 25,000 employees are entitled to have their pension benefits recalculated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Although the Supreme Court indicated that the employees may be eligible for […]
What To Include in a Company Social Media Policy
If you want to prevent social media abuse, says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, you must develop a social media policy, and your policy must include several key elements.
Protecting Yourself from Canadian Labor Arbitrators’ Expanding Powers
By Brian P. Smeenk How can you protect yourself from arbitrators’ ever-increasing damages awards, based on ever-expanding grounds? In the April 25 Northern Exposure entry “Canadian Court Trims $500K Dismissal Damages, Upholds Arbitrator’s Broad Authority,” we reported on the latest notable example of a Canadian labor arbitrator’s expansive award being upheld by the courts. That […]