How’s Your Love and Lust Policy?
Special from SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition Yesterday’s Advisor featured tips on lawsuit avoidance from Mr. Please Sue Me, aka Hunter Lott. Today, more of Lott’s tips.
Author: Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR
Your Company Culture Is Not a Ping-Pong Table
By Lisa Bodell, CEO of futurethink Over the past 2 decades, our perception of an organization’s culture has become conflated with foosball tables and craft beer on tap. I happen to be a fan of office-sanctioned happy hours, but more often than not, work perks are just the aesthetics of culture. Your company’s culture is […]
5 Notable Trends in Flexible Work Statistics
FlexJobs has compiled key statistics regarding the current state of flexible work in the United States. Based on data from Gallup, FlexJobs, GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com, WorldatWork, and the Pew Research Center, these figures demonstrate positive growth in flexible working from previous years, while also highlighting key points that can lead to more widespread adoption by companies. Flexible […]
5 Strategies to Bring Balance Back to Your Work/Life
What if you could accomplish more in a 40-hour week than your current 50, 60, or 70-hour work week? What if your success was simply a matter of working smarter, not harder? Good time management and organizational skills are a must for successful professionals, yet employees mistakenly take pride in saying that their plates are […]
How HR Can Avoid Bad Bosses and Train Better Leaders
At some point in their career, everybody’s had—or currently has—a bad boss. Businesses, direct reports, and even bosses themselves, deserve better. Becoming a good boss and a respected leader begins with identifying the dysfunctional ones: who they are, the traits they embody, and the interpersonal tics they demonstrate that make you feel like you’re being […]
Are You Paying in the Long Run for Training You are Not Providing?
Whether or not your company offers formal training, your employees are being trained on how to do their jobs. The problem is, they might not be learning to do their work the way you want it done.
What Applicants Know that You Might Not
New research supports what many recruiters are already concerned about: a lack of qualified talent for job vacancies. Today, we’ll look at that research.
Every Single Employee is Essential to Your Success
“Will it really make a difference?” “Will anyone care whether I do it or not?” “Who would notice if I didn’t show up?”
FMLA: An Overview of Serious Health Conditions
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees to take up to 12 workweeks for leave during any 12-month period in order to care for a spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition—or for a serious health condition of their own. But what constitutes a “serious health condition” under the […]
FMLA Retaliation or Unauthorized Use of Vacation Time?
By Shane A. Zahrt, JD, Felhaber Larson An employee claimed she was terminated by her employer for taking time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to cope with a back injury. Her employer blamed the termination on her unapproved use of vacation days. Read on to see how a federal judge used […]