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by Dan Oswald I often talk about the characteristics of the people with whom I want to work. In their book How Google Works, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg talk about the type of people they had at Google. And the two of them should know—Schmidt is the executive chairman and ex-CEO, and Rosenberg is […]
Coaching is spontaneous, one-on-one training. Providing immediate, specific feedback and correction is an important tool managers use to improve performance. Furthermore, as a motivational tool, it offers you an opportunity to give personal attention and recognition to your employees, and to gain their participation in advancing growth and achievement. In addition, it establishes you, […]
When football season kicked off earlier this year, I took the chance to glean some insights for HR professionals from the difficult job facing the new college football playoff selection committee. Now that we’re coming up on the end of the football season, I’m turning to the committee once more for inspiration. As I write, the […]
With the holidays right around the corner, it’s the perfect time for our Holiday Practices Survey results. Let’s take a look at how professionals responded—how does your company compare?
The holidays are nearly upon us, and ’tis the season for our Holiday Practices Survey results. How does your organization compare with how others responded?
by Douglas R. Chamberlain Employers got a reprieve in 2014 on a key mandate incorporated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but the new effective date for many employers is now set for January 1, 2015. The ACA generally provides that all employers with 50 or more employees who work 30 or more hours per […]
President Barack Obama’s Executive Order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors and subcontractors is set to take effect for all federal contracts beginning on or after January 1. Obama signed Executive Order 13658 on February 12. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the final rule implementing the order on October 1. The DOL […]
Many workplaces, including BLR®, have had “Pie Days,” where employees fancying themselves as bona fide bakers enter their specialties and unique creations for the admiration—and appetites—of their colleagues and to possibly win a prize. So what could be better than pie day?
By Marie-Gabrielle Bélanger The purchaser of all the assets of a bankrupt business will be bound by the employment contracts of the bankrupt company and must therefore honor these contracts. So ruled the Court of Appeal of Quebec in a recent decision, Aéro-Photo (1961) Inc. c. Raymond (available in French only).
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled four cases and filed yet another pregnancy discrimination case. A sheet metal contractor will pay $215,000 to settle a gender discrimination suit, an environmental remediation services contractor settled a class race and gender discrimination suit for $415,000 and a grocery wholesaler and manufacturer agreed to pay $735,000 […]