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Have you noticed how life at home often mimics lived experience in the workplace? Much like adults set an example for younger people (knowingly or not), leaders shape the behavior of employees in an organization. A perfect example of this point happened many years ago when my husband and I were babysitting the three-year old […]
Although there are plenty of workers who fall between both ends of the spectrum, employees either desperately missed interacting in person with their colleagues or they loved their newfound isolation during the widespread shift to remote work. On the flip side, some employees are going to be more eager than others to return to the […]
Federal law bans employment discrimination against current or prospective employees based on race, age, and other protected classes. Additionally, it prohibits adverse action against employees based on a consumer report unless the findings are provided to the individual. Are the provisions violated when a prospective employee’s job offer is briefly rescinded and then reinstated? A […]
Grief and bereavement leave are complex issues for many employers. Your policy may provide only three to five days of leave, while the fallout from the death of a loved one can rarely be encapsulated in such a relatively short time frame. In addition, even before the death occurred, you may have been dealing with […]
It’s been more than two years of on-again, off-again work in the office, and as someone who has been on both sides of the Zoom, the solution is clear: don’t force employees into the office if they don’t want to be there. Remote Control Many leaders across the spectrum are facing the question about when, […]
A memorandum sent to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) field offices calling for an end to mandatory meetings in which employees must listen to an employer’s side during a union campaign points to more union-friendly actions to come, according to attorneys who advise employers on labor matters. The NLRB on April 7 announced the memorandum in which […]
In today’s fast-changing business climate, growth-minded companies have identified widening gaps between business imperatives and their workforce skills as a critical problem to solve. These challenges – combined with Covid and The Great Resignation – have snowballed. They have forced even many forward-looking companies to change their business models, corporate policies and in many cases, […]
Employers’ goals for voluntary benefits —increasingly a core component of any employer’s benefit package that allows employees to self-select from a menu of offerings, typically at reduced or increasingly no cost — have expanded dramatically since 2020. According to Buck’s 2022 Wellbeing and Voluntary Benefits Survey, half of all employers (52%) have added offerings in […]
Ann McCloskey has more than 25 years of experience working with executive teams to build organizational health with a direct tie to financial performance. Not only does she specialize in culture build, strategic talent management, executive team alignment, and executive coaching, but Ann has also helped transform talent practices for software and tech enabled businesses. […]
The conversation around workday nutrition has undergone seismic changes in the past 2 years. An ongoing shift to remote work means employers have less direct impact on how their employees eat while simultaneously transforming employees’ food options and meal schedules in ways that may challenge them to make sound food choices. These changes have had […]