3 Performance Metrics to Drive L&D Initiatives
In 2016, the workplace learning industry reached $360 billion. And its market share and influence has only continued to increase across the globe with each passing year since.
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Millennial Employees Crave Recognition, Employer Reward Programs Miss the Mark, says Survey
Employee research from Blackhawk Engagement Solutions reveals that current employee rewards and recognition programs—a key component in growing employee happiness—are not aligned with what makes Millennial employees happy and more productive.
Keep Conversation Going With Employees as They Return to In-Person Work
It was only a year ago that work-from-home became the norm in most of our households. Overnight, employers and employees were forced to adjust the way they live and work, while following COVID-19 guidelines. Just when it seemed routines were established, a new school year began. And it left employees with more questions than answers: […]
Keays vs. Honda One Year Later: Have Canadian Courts Changed Their Approach to Punitive and Bad Faith Damages?
It has been just over a year since the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its decision in Keays v. Honda Canada Inc. (Read our analysis of the court’s decision in that case). That decision mandated a change in Canadian courts’ approach to awarding damages in employment cases. Damages for bad faith conduct by the […]
Strategic Goal-Setting: Mapping Your Path to Successful Leadership
The most effective leaders are those who consistently strive for self-improvement and the enhancement of their leadership abilities. To become a powerful and influential leader, you must commit to acquiring skills that may not be innate. This can be achieved by setting leadership goals. Your “goal” is to choose objectives and goals to focus your […]
Orient Your Supervisors Toward Better New Employee Orientation
“Orientation has a direct impact on future productivity, performance, and job satisfaction. And you (the supervisor) play a key role in the success of the orientation process.” These words are from BLR’s training program, Audio Click’ n Train: New Employee Orientation: A How-To for Supervisors. Both formal studies and common sense prove that they’re true. […]
10th Circuit: Was Unauthorized Absence Cause for Termination?
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming—recently ruled in favor of Dillon Companies, Inc., a Kansas corporation that does business as King Soopers, in a lawsuit filed by a former grocery store employee who claimed he suffered a hostile work environment and was terminated because of […]
HRDA Frankly Speaking: HR’s New Flight Path—Lead Beyond the Storm
At SHRM 25, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM’s President and CEO, delivered a powerful message that resonated with every HR professional: our job has fundamentally changed. We’re no longer just reacting to problems or trying to keep up; instead, we’re now charting the course for the future of work. Taylor’s main speech urged HR leaders to […]
Many Arizona state employees become “at will”
by Tammy Binford Most new state government workers in Arizona soon will be at-will employees thanks to a new law overhauling the state personnel system that goes into effect September 29. The new law consolidates nine different personnel systems in the executive branch and converts new hires, attorneys, supervisors, and several other high-level employees to […]
Nebraska Supreme Court OK’s Employee’s Vocational Rehabilitation Plan
Nebraska law permits the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court to approve vocational rehabilitation plans to facilitate certain injured workers’ return to gainful employment. Read on to learn about the Nebraska Supreme Court’s recent decision on what the law means to “restore” an employee to work in “suitable employment.”