Popular Training Topic: Cross-Training
Today let’s take a look at a key component of employee development that benefits both the individual worker and the entire organization: cross-training.
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Farm Trips for Employees Are ‘Life-Changing’
Yesterday we looked at how Keurig Green Mountain strives to be one of the best places to work. One of the ways Keurig Green Mountain boosts engagement is sending employees on “source trips” to coffee-growing nations to see the company’s supply chain for themselves. Employees have described the experience as life-changing. Steve Bruce, host of […]
Has Your Work Become … Well, Work?
What is it you really love to do? Sometimes we lose sight of that and end up settling for something much less.
Companies and Candidates Not Aligned When It Comes to Work from Home Options
A number of large companies have moved to bring remote workers back into corporate offices, but job candidates still expect work from home options. So finds new data from the MRINetwork 2017 Recruiter Sentiment Study.
Do Your Holiday Decorations Suggest Religious Preference?
It’s nearing the time of year when workplaces become more festive. Perhaps your office plans to decorate a Christmas tree, as it does every year. Maybe all your employees celebrate Christmas, so it has never occurred to you that you may, inadvertently, be sending a message about your workplace to others, including job candidates.
Trump administration expands exemptions to ACA contraceptive mandate
On October 6, the Trump administration released two interim final rules that will vastly expand the availability of exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) rules requiring employer coverage of contraceptives. The ACA requires employers and insurers that offer group health plans to employees to cover certain approved contraceptive methods—at no additional cost to employees—or […]
Leaders must do what’s best for the greater good
by Dan Oswald The Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor caught the U.S. military completely off guard. Months after the bombing in Hawaii, the U.S. military was still reeling and on its heels. American citizens were shocked by their country’s vulnerability as the Japanese brought the fight to them. Confidence in the U.S. military’s ability […]
Is the 9-to-5 Job Done? U.S. Workers Look to Innovative Ways of Working
New research, released by ManpowerGroup, reveals a new era of work in which flexibility and balance are in and the traditional “9-to-5 job for life” is out. Findings from the report “#GigResponsibly: The Rise of NextGen Work”—a global survey of 9,500 people in 12 countries—identifies a shift towards new ways of getting work done, that works for […]
Do Millennial Managers Respect Their Elders?
Does the old adage, “respect your elders,” take on a new meaning when your elders become your direct reports? According to new survey results, a different “old adage” comes to mind: age is just a number.
7th Circuit: No ADEA Liability for Terminating Retirees Because of Benefit Costs
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin—recently decided an interesting and complex case involving allegations of age discrimination. Retirees who continued to work part-time for an Indiana county argued the county violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) when it terminated them to save money on health insurance benefits.