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Can You Terminate an Employee on FMLA Leave?

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides job-protected leave benefits. This generally means that when an employee qualifies for and takes FMLA leave, his or her job (or an equivalent) must be available to return to at the end of the leave period.

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Tips for Becoming a Best Place to Work from a Best Place to Work Company

When you hear the term “Best Place to Work,” what companies come to mind? Does your company make that list? If not, you may want to reconsider your corporate culture in order to attract top talent who are looking to work at Best Place to Work companies.

7 Ways a Video Content Management System Can Benefit Your Business Beyond Marketing

Everyone in the marketing industry is plenty willing to extol the virtues of video. It’s not done without merit; research has shown that video content distributed through social media platforms generates, on average, 1,200% more shares on accounts than text and images combined. A further study by Aberdeen outlines the importance that video plays in […]

How to Build a Climate That Encourages Open Communication

A lot of organizations talk about the importance of fostering creativity and openness within their workplaces. Great ideas can come from any level of the company, and these organizations recognize that there is a real danger in leaving decision making exclusively to the upper echelons. However, despite their best efforts, many organizations suffer from company […]

Diversity and Inclusion—Now a Business Imperative

The importance of diversity and inclusion is a topic that was little discussed in years past, but one that is becoming ever more important and gaining increasing interest among scholars and business leaders every year. Over several posts, we’ll look at the topics of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. First, we’ll discuss their importance […]

3 Effective Approaches to Employee Retention

Employee retention is a top priority for HR leaders. It’s often difficult enough to find the talent that businesses need in the first place, so it’s crucial that once new hires start in the business they become productive and settled quickly. Yet research regularly shows that up to 1 in 4 of new hires leave […]

Executive Coaching—Who Needs It?

We often think of coaching and training initiatives as something that should be targeted at new hires or junior staff. But executive coaching is a prominent activity among big businesses. And that makes sense. After all, no leader starts out as a leader. At some point, they’ve all had to learn what it means to […]