OSHA, NIOSH Recommend Training to Combat Green Tobacco Sickness
Today’s Advisor reports on recent guidance issued by two national occupational safety organizations for dealing with green tobacco sickness in workers.
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Performance Management Survey—What’s Really Happening?
Performance management is not only important for identifying your high potential employees, but it also has a great impact on your compensation programs and documentation practices. What’s happening with performance management in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
Mother’s Day 2015: a time to explore gender equality at work
Mother’s Day—since it’s always on Sunday—doesn’t typically get a lot of attention in most workplaces. Moms might get a quick shout-out during a meeting or in the office newsletter, but for most moms appreciation on their special day comes outside of work. The human resources department, however, might be smart to remember the benefits of […]
Report from CareerBuilder Highlights Diversity in Job Composition
Yesterday’s Advisor presented details from CareerBuilder’s special report, “The Changing Face of U.S. Jobs”; today, more highlights from the study on how demographic shifts have changed the workforce’s composition in the past 14 years.
Two Transit Parity Bills Languish in Congress
Despite two transit parity bills introduced so far this year on Capitol Hill, Congress so far has made no indication it will extend the mostly non-controversial proposal to equalize the tax breaks for qualified parking and mass transportation and vanpool commuting expenses. Both bills were introduced in the House and seek to amend the tax […]
Train Workers How to Respond to Anaphylaxis
In yesterday’s Advisor, we began a brief training session on how to handle life-threatening reactions. Today, we conclude the training session with how to recognize anaphylactic symptoms and how to treat anaphylaxis.
Boomers and Xers Look at Short- and Long-Term Pay Differently
Yesterday, we got some insights from Laura Fries, managing director and executive vice president at Baker Tilly, on pay strategies to retain up-and-coming Gen Xers. Today, her thoughts on short-term versus long-term pay for different generations.
CareerBuilder Report Shows a More Diverse Workforce
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed some highlights from CareerBuilder’s report, “The Changing Face of U.S. Jobs”; today, more news from the report on how shifts in demographics have changed the makeup of the workforce in the past 14 years.
Are Your Workers Trained to Deal with Life-Threatening Reactions?
Today’s Advisor provides you with a brief—but potentially life-saving—training session on how to deal with anaphylaxis.
Guess Who Works For Free (Or Maybe Just a Dollar)?
Guess who is working for free? No, we don’t mean volunteers at nonprofits. We mean corporate CEOs!