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To wrap up the week, we’ve got some insights on the power of conversation from Brady G. Wilson (www.bradywilson.com), cofounder of Juice Inc., a corporate training company that services organizations from Toronto to Los Angeles. This article is written by Brady, based on principles from his latest book, Beyond Engagement: A Brain-Based Approach That Blends […]
By Jennifer Busick In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Jennifer Busick outlined eight core safety competencies that workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) need to develop. Today Busick presents six safety training objectives for these employees.
By Terri L. Rhodes October is Depression Awareness Month. The intent is to encourage discussion of the topic, reduce stigma associated with it, and encourage individuals and organizations to do more.
HRSBT can’t believe that people just don’t get it! If you are on workers’ comp—and you shouldn’t be—don’t photograph your fraudulent activities.
In previous posts, we discussed the benefits of implementing a daily time tracking system for individual employees as well as the related benefits for the managers of those employees. But, just understanding the benefits of such a system isn’t the same as knowing how to realize those benefits.
The Two Problems Fentin, who is a partner in the Springfield, Massachusetts, law firm, Skoler, Abbott & Presser P.C., points out the two sometimes opposing desires of dealing with employees with chronic illnesses: Supporting the employee with chronic illness, and Managing the employee with the chronic illness. Balancing these two needs isn’t easy, Fentin admits. […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, expert Matt Adam, speaking at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Talent Management Conference and Exhibition, held recently in San Diego, debunked three myths of mobile recruiting. Today, a good example of a mobile site, plus several ways to engage in mobile recruiting. For a good example of a site, Adam […]
By Elaine Quayle Marissa Mayer, Google alum and new CEO of Yahoo!, has the Internet world in a frenzy after she uttered these two words at her first Friday all-company meeting—“free food”! Reports say that Mayer has initiated free food at Yahoo!’s “URL Cafes” at its two campuses, liberating employees from paying over $3 for […]
In part one, we introduced the idea of using predictive analytics in recruiting. Let’s take a look at some of the ways to do exactly that.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) release of new proposed rules regulating who is eligible for overtime pay has employers scrambling to determine how many of their workers will need to be reclassified when new regulations take effect. Currently, the salary threshold for an employee to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) […]