Study: Traditional Development Alone Not Enough to Build Visionary Leaders
Recent research found that formal leadership training—by itself—is not sufficient to equip business leaders with the skills they need to be successful.
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Arizona Employer Faces Lawsuit Over Discharge of Cancer-Stricken Salesman
by Dinita L. James, Gonzalez Law, LLC It isn’t the best time for Sullivan Motor Co., a Mesa used-car dealership, to end up before the Arizona Civil Rights Division (ACRD) of the Arizona Attorney General’s (AG) Office on a charge that its treatment of a former salesman with terminal cancer violated the Arizona Civil Rights […]
Ask the Expert: FMLA Leave to Care for Injured Adult Daughter?
Question: Is an employee eligible for FMLA to care for a 20 year-old daughter that lives with her and was in a bad accident?
Time for Federal Contractors to Meet New Paid Leave Requirements
by H. Juanita M. Beecher Contractors entering into federal contracts on or after January 1, 2017, must comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new regulations requiring them to provide workers 56 hours of paid sick leave a year.
Did Employee’s Headaches Trigger the Interactive Process?
by James M. Leva, JD, Day Pitney LLP The New Jersey Appellate Division recently ordered a new trial to determine whether an employer failed to engage in the interactive process and accommodate an employee who was terminated after he complained about headache pain.
Keeping Millennials On Board and Happy
Yesterday we heard from Genevieve Carlton of Caliper on how to keep Millennials engaged and on board. Today we will discuss more from her on the topic. by Genevieve Carlton, Talent Management Consultant, Caliper
Transparent, Ongoing Communication Key to Total Rewards Strategy
If you are planning to develop or make changes to your current total rewards program, you will likely seek input from several external sources, including benchmarking data. But you will also need to gather substantial internal input, such as leadership’s philosophy towards total rewards, and, perhaps most importantly, get input from your internal customers.
Hecklers and Hard Questions: Dealing with Difficult Training Sessions
Yesterday’s Advisor presented advice on getting the most out of your valuable training time. Today we receive some more expert advice on another training problem: managing difficult trainees and difficult questions.
I was lucky to know Lee Smith
by Dan Oswald I was extremely sad to learn today that Lee Smith, the founder of M. Lee Smith Publishers, passed away Tuesday night. Lee was a true southern gentleman and a savvy businessman. Lee founded his company in 1975 and built an incredible business that successfully served hundreds of thousands of customers over the […]
New Illinois law bans noncompetition agreements for low-wage workers
by Steven L. Brenneman The Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which will ban noncompetition agreements for low-wage private-sector employees, goes into effect on January 1. The law defines a “low-wage employee” as an employee who earns the greater of the applicable federal, state, or local minimum wage or $13 per hour. Therefore, the law initially […]