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Are you familiar with the idea of BYOD? If you’re not, it stands for bring your own device—a policy in which employees of an organization utilize their own existing personal devices, like smart phones, for business use. Many organizations today are already utilizing such a policy for their employees.
We are often asked whether being an “at-will” employer means a company can terminate somebody for a discriminatory reason—for example, because she is a woman or a person of color. The answer is no. The at-will-employment doctrine does not protect employers from the consequences of discriminatory job actions. But the 2nd District Court of Appeal […]
The U.S. government experienced a partial shutdown, which ended in late January 2019. The partial shutdown impacted many employees and businesses across the nation, and it cost the economy around $1 billion each week.
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a condition in which an individual becomes sensitized to one or more chemical agents in their surrounding environment. This sensitization can cause dramatic and frustrating (and sometimes even life-threatening) symptoms and allergic reactions, such as breathing problems (including asthma), headaches, nausea, confusion, memory problems, chest pain, digestive issues, dizziness, insomnia […]
Sexual harassment policies need to be clear and complete, but the policy must then be followed by a strong and active training program.
Yesterday’s post outlined why Millennials are burned out at work, and as you can infer, burned-out employees negatively impact organizational productivity, profit generation, engagement, and innovation.
When you’re in the business of serving people, you’ll inevitably experience some stressful challenges. But when they start following you home from the office, it’s time to make a change. Use these strategies to improve your stress levels in five key areas of Human Resources (HR).
The Michigan Paid Sick Leave Act, which will require most employers with at least 50 employees to provide paid sick leave, is set to go into effect March 29.
Employee engagement is the most important component to every company’s success. You can have a killer business plan, but if you don’t have innovators who are willing to get the work done, your business is going to fail. How do you counteract this? The answer is by having Human Resources (HR) develop a rock-solid employee onboarding process that will engage employees, starting with the interview process.
Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) are quickly becoming known as “Generation Burnout” … and not for the reasons some might think.