Best Practice: Yum! Brands Creates Recipe for Success with Leadership Development
Yum! Brands, Inc., parent company of the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant chains, has all the ingredients for successful leadership development.
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Best Practices in Leadership Training & Development
Today’s Advisor reports on how Yum! Brands, Inc., parent company of the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant chains, has all the ingredients for successful leadership development.
Soft Stuff (Rubber Chickens, Anyone?) Gets Results
Speaking about his unique recognition programs, Yum! Brands Chairman and CEO David Novak says, “Soft stuff gets hard results.” He ought to know, as he’s in charge of recognizing 1.4 million associates in more than 40,000 KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurants in 125 countries.
Method to their madness, but what if Freddie the freelancer had stolen Don Draper’s idea?
I watched the opening scene of Mad Men (Season 7, Episode 1) and thought, “Wow, Freddie has really gotten his act together.” His Accutron pitch, so polished, so vivid, so moving. Don Draper himself could not have done better. Turns out Don couldn’t have done better, but only because it was revealed later that Don […]
Terminations: If Employment Is At Will, Can I Fire for Any or No Reason?
All our employees sign an at-will acknowledgment when they are hired. Doesn’t that mean I can fire an employee whenever I want, for any reason or no reason? I’m being told that I have to have documentation and justification. If they’re at-will employees, why can’t I just fire them? —Carl B., San Jose
Wage and Hour: Retail Giant Socked with Another Unpaid Overtime Verdict; How to Sidestep Similar Problems
Just two years ago, Wal-Mart reportedly shelled out $50 million to settle a dispute with Colorado employees who claimed they were forced to work off-the-clock. Now the retail giant is embroiled in a string of 30 lawsuits across the country brought by employees who charge that managers required them, too, to work unpaid overtime. In […]
Wage And Hour: $10 Million Settlement For Employees Who Weren’t Paid For Donning And Doffing Protective Gear; Guidelines To Follow
Although it may seem obvious that you have to pay employees for all the hours they spend on their job duties, employers commonly violate this rule. In recent years, a string of employers—including Nordstrom, Taco Bell and meat processor Monfort Inc.—have been hit with lawsuits for not paying workers for “off-the-clock” time. And now a […]
Exempt Employees: Court Deals Blow To Overtime Class Action Trend
Over the past several years, many employers have been blind-sided by big class action lawsuits claiming employees were misclassified as exempt from overtime and owed millions—sometimes tens of millions—in back pay. Employers who have been hit include Taco Bell, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Mervyn’s California, U-Haul International Inc., Ross Dress For Less and Rent-A-Center. But a […]
News Notes: Wage Violations Cost Taco Bell Millions
About 1,300 former Taco Bell workers have won a lawsuit in Oregon that charged that supervisors doctored employee time cards in order to meet productivity goals and earn bonuses. Taco Bell supervisors allegedly admitted that they were pressured by senior managers to shave hours off time cards. Paul Breed, an attorney for the workers, has […]
News Notes: Classification Mistakes Prove Costly For Employers
Several large employers have recently run into expensive problems over the practice of handing out assistant manager titles, allegedly to avoid paying overtime to employees who perform largely the same work as nonexempt personnel. Workers are calling such tactics unfair labor practices and are suing for back overtime pay and damages. Two such cases are […]