Practical HR Tips, News & Advice. Updated Daily.
Self-awareness can be a very valuable leadership tool, but a recent survey shows that the C-suite in the U.S. could use a smidge more. Thnks recently surveyed over 250 CEOs and employees to understand the importance of gratitude in the workplace. Results showed that 88% of CEOs thought their employees would give them high marks […]
Rooting out the more subtle types of FMLA abuse takes diligence and tracking leave patterns can be time consuming and expensive. Here are 10 tips for employers. Read more.
Who says that office romances can’t work out? Here are a few examples of past SBT’s where coworkers said ‘I do.’ A 7-11 Wedding—This couple paid tribute to the employer that brought them together by returning for their nuptials. Any guess what time they had the ceremony? Exchanging Rings Under Golden Arches—This wedding had a […]
More than half of employers provide employees with premium pay when they work holidays, a recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey found.
When voters went to the polls in October and November to select the next U.S. president, they were necessarily engaging in an adversarial process. Political campaigns are often as much about arguing against a candidate as they are about arguing for a candidate. But in the workplace, employees are looking for different, more nonadversarial interactions […]
We have a policy we’re planning to change. We told the affected employees that we will be handling the issue a particular way, but we didn’t explicitly tell them that the new practice is contrary to what is in the handbook, or that we intend to change the policy as it is currently stated in […]
We’ve written dozens of profiles on chief diversity officers (CDOs) and those in similar diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) leadership roles and gained some great insights into how these leaders have helped transform their organizations and the varied paths their careers have taken. For this installment, we’re not featuring another CDO but rather someone who’s […]
You knew it was coming. The backlash always does.
A lot of the learning that companies and employees do throughout their training processes revolves around organizational theory or industry best practices. While it’s great to stretch the imaginations of trainees in looking at potential scenarios, most companies are frequently faced with enough real-world issues to focus training on the here and now. Those real-world […]
Q. If we are hiring a new, full-time employee who is also salaried at another company, are there any labor laws we need to be aware of that could be compromised if the new hire works over a certain number of hours or something like that?