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In-house and outsourced talent both have advantages, and a successful company will inevitably use a little of both. You’ll want full-time, in-house employees you can rely on for these elements that you’ve built your brand around. However, your team may not be experts in many aspects of your business, such as back-office accounting, IT, or […]
It’s a typical Monday, 6 a.m. You turn off your alarm clock and reach for your phone to see what’s on the calendar for the day ahead. Meetings. So many meetings. You already feel drained just at the thought of all these meetings, and your workday hasn’t even started. According to research conducted by Zippia, […]
Government employees and officials are granted “qualified immunity” in suits where they act in good faith and with a reasonable belief that their actions comply with the law. Most frequently, qualified immunity is discussed in connection with cases alleging the use of excessive force by police officers. However, a recent case before the U.S. 8th […]
With National Learning and Development Month well underway, it’s important that HR leaders and organizations strive to create a culture that encourages learning and development. As organizations continue to struggle with employee retention and turnover rates, learning, development, and upskilling opportunities can be essential in engaging and investing in employees. In fact, a recent Gallup […]
What is Presenteeism? There has been a lot of talk about the Great Resignation, but there are other issues affecting workers in the workforce, such as presenteeism, quiet quitting, and productivity theater, that should be addressed and relate to employee performance, engagement, and effort. Presenteeism is when employees work but not at their fullest capacity […]
In 2007, Nokia was the leading manufacturer of mobile phone devices; its annual revenue was $75.83 billion, and its market share was 49.4%. But in 2008, when Steve Jobs walked onto a stage and pulled an iPhone out of his pocket, Nokia’s market share plummeted. The era of smartphones requires managers to lead processes and […]
Content marketing has become a buzzword in recent years, but it’s actually a very simple concept: using content to do your marketing. Instead of hard selling, content marketing focuses on being creative and attracting the right people. By creating pieces (blog posts, videos, Instagram posts, white pages, etc.) about what it’s like to work with […]
On August 15, 2022, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania employers) upheld the District of New Jersey’s dismissal of an employee’s age discrimination claims, finding she was unable to show her employer’s nondiscriminatory reasons for not hiring her were “so plainly wrong that it cannot […]
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we work, but employers continue to struggle with how best to balance corporate goals with employee equity. Certain companies, such as Goldman Sachs and Apple, are pushing employees back into the office. Others, such as Twitter, have implemented a 100% remote work policy. Both types of policies have challenges […]
It is that time of year again—time to plan for and implement annual open enrollment processes. At least it is that time for the typical group health plans that operate on a calendar-year basis. For most plans, this means it is time to reprint plan-related material such as enrollment forms (electronic or otherwise), summary plan […]