How to Encourage Employees to be L&D Advocates
One report published by Human Capital Institute revealed that most learning and development (L&D) programs are only about 50% effective because they lack “design thinking.”
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Rebel Against Business Norms to Build Employee Engagement
Companies are innovating and changing at a rate previously unimagined. Product lifecycles are shorter, links between manufacturing and the customer are closer, and the demands for process improvement and process change have never been greater. Business leaders have never needed their staff on their side more than they do now.
Santa May Owe His Elves Overtime on Those Year-End Bonuses
The December holidays and year-end pay issues raise a number of wage and hour and leave challenges for employers. Many businesses give holiday gifts or year-end bonuses to their employees. If the bonuses aren’t handled properly, you could expose your company to overtime liability. How does holiday pay affect overtime liability, and what happens if […]
Encouraging Employees to Make (and Keep) New Year’s Resolutions
It’s always hard to believe when it comes around, but it’s New Year’s resolutions time! Individuals have been making resolutions for years, focusing on personal goals like weight loss, romance, and financial discipline.
Offering the ‘Right’ Kind of Help to Coworkers
As human beings, we’re often drawn to the idea of helping others. Whether it’s volunteer work, contributing to charities, or helping a neighbor in need, pitching in to help someone else in our community, however that community is defined, strengthens our sense of community.
5 Ways to Stay Connected to Your Team While Working Remotely
Being digitally connected doesn’t necessarily mean that a team working remotely feels connected. Discover five simple strategies to bridge the gap and create a sense of community.
Immigration, Travel Ban Debates Put Focus on National Origin Discrimination
As reports of tense situations related to national origin flood the news—everything from slurs directed toward people from countries included in President Donald Trump’s travel ban to insults aimed at Hispanic people trying to enter the U.S.—employers need to be on notice of the dangers of national origin discrimination.
Tight Around the White Collar – The New Overtime Rule is Here
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published its final rule amending the overtime regulations of the federal wage and hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new rule requires an increase to the salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional workers (EAP) and Highly Compensated Employees (HCE) to qualify for exemption from […]
Are You Allowed to Conduct Random Alcohol and Drug Testing in California?
What laws govern substance abuse and alcohol abuse and the ability to conduct alcohol and drug testing? “In California, it’s really surprising that there’s not a specific statute – in either our labor code, or under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, or anywhere – that specifically provides the step-by-step: what can you do, what […]
Our 2018 Pay Budget Survey Results Are In
Each year we conduct a nationwide survey to learn about pay practices throughout the country. We are pleased to release the results of our 2018 survey.