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Your best bet for boosting wellness in the New Year might just be a flexible scheduling program. Employees like the flexibility, and management likes the productivity and coverage. And the cost is minimal. Best wishes for the New Year from all of us at HR Daily Advisor. Once viewed as strictly an employee "perk," flexible […]
With the growing trends of microlearning, mobile learning, virtual learning, e-learning, platforms driven by artificial intelligence, etc., in the L&D industry, it seems technological innovations might be a potential foe for L&D professionals especially … or maybe not.
By Al Vreeland, JD, Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C. Since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was amended in 2008, the focus of ADA compliance has shifted from whether an employee has a disability (because everything now qualifies as one) to whether an employee’s disability can be reasonably accommodated.
Too often, there is a back and forth between the business community and the educational system over who bears the responsibility of the training of the next generation of the nation’s workforce.
by Rachel Ravary McCarthy Tetrault No one can deny that security concerns have taken on monumental proportions in the post-9/11 era. Buzzwords like national security, homeland security, border security, supply chain security, perimeter security, and security threats have become part of our daily vocabulary. National security is also high on the list of priorities of […]
Properly classifying someone as either an independent contractor or employee is one of the biggest problems employers have when adhering to FLSA requirements. Do you know when it is okay to classify someone as an independent contractor and when they should be classified as an employee instead? DOL Focus: Independent Contractor or Employee "One of […]
When the answer to a skills shortage is bringing in workers from other lands, do it legally by choosing the right visa program. Here’s what you need to know. A few years ago, the rock band U2 wrote a song called “These Are the Hands that Built America.” It spoke of how, over history, our […]
Thirty states have now legalized marijuana use for medicinal purposes, while recreational marijuana is legal in nine states and Washington, D.C. And as many states across the country become more lenient with their marijuana laws and regulations, organizations should seek out everything there is to know about marijuana and workplace safety and wellness. Continue reading […]
Yesterday’s Advisor detailed job description horror stories. In today’s issue, another story, and an introduction to an extraordinary collection of job descriptions, written for you and ready to go. Unsupportable Requirements in the Job Description You don’t hire Susie for the shipping department job because the job description requires the ability to lift 80 pounds […]
By Dave Clemens Of all the tasks that HR hopes line managers will carry out effectively, performance reviews stand at or near the top of the list. After all, proper evaluations form the core of so much of HR’s work. How can the organization properly promote, reward or – if need be – prune out the […]