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How many times have you or one of your leaders been presented with the following scenario: A member of your team calls, clearly stressed, and after explaining the situation says something like: “I am really struggling with this. What should I do?” We’ve all been there, perhaps several times per day with several different team […]
Was your organization prepared for the coronavirus pandemic? If not, don’t worry; your organization was among the majority of employers that did not see this catastrophe coming.
The state of the job market has left businesses in dire need of more employees, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting there were 10.8 million job openings in 2023, but only 5.7 million people were unemployed. Yet, business leaders continue to overlook individuals from underrepresented populations despite the fact that they could solve […]
By Holly K. Jones, JD For four years, now, SilkRoad has delivered its annual State of Talent Management Talent Talk Report, which compiles and analyzes data from thousands of HR and talent management professionals to determine what trends, themes, and disruptors are driving change in our profession.
In a three-sentence order entered just before the close of business March 14, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, commonly known as Proposition 206. The unanimous ruling dashed the last remaining hope of business groups trying to block the voter initiative, which raised the state’s minimum wage to $10 per hour on January 1 and mandates paid sick leave for most employees beginning July 1, 2017.
It’s certainly big news when the U.S. Supreme Court dismisses a class action claim that could potentially have involved over 1.5 million women. What does it mean for your company’s defense against class actions? Maybe not so much. Craig Cleland, a shareholder in Ogletree Deakins’s Atlanta office, summed it up the post-Wal-Mart situation as follows […]
The idea of raising low wage earners’ pay to provide them with a livable wage is a viable concept, if handled in an effective manner. Unless pay at higher levels of the organization is also adjusted up, increasing only the lower pay levels compresses some of the higher levels into what essentially becomes a new […]
Attendance and tardiness can be a costly issue, as we’ve previously mentioned, not only for an employer, but for an employee as well. In this recent incident, an employee was able to bill the government for 4 months of work he never did, and his boss never even noticed! Was this a case of poor […]
Sexual harassment scandals have rocked a number of industries in recent months, from media and sports to business and politics. This has led to a renewed focus on sexual harassment training in the workplace. Employees need to know what types of behavior are acceptable and what is considered inappropriate and may violate company policies or […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, Harvard Senior Lecturer Frank Cespedes discussed the need for sales and HR to do a better job of using each other’s skills in hiring sales people. Today, we provide Cespedes’ take on sales training.