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The “future of work” has been the topic of much conversation of late. It’s not surprising—after all, forewarned is forearmed. With that hunger for credible and actionable predictions in mind, Gallup has identified some “disruptive workplace trends” that employers should take heed of, and begin preparing for, sooner rather than later:
Workers who feel like they have nowhere to go in their companies are at risk of leaving. Today we’ll look at the breadth of the problem.
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently heard from a former Home Depot manager, claiming that he was discriminated against based on a “perceived” disability. The manager claims he was put on medical leave and required to undergo a psychological evaluation. The manager had made “threatening remarks” that could […]
The role of employee engagement is indispensable in creating and maintaining a productive workforce, and it will also greatly affect the success of your training programs. But what does engagement really mean? And, more importantly, how can you drive it?
Individuals who want to increase their effectiveness at work and aspire to become leaders should consider taking a higher-risk, higher-reward path. Instead of moving surely and safely up the career ladder, they should cultivate “learning agility,” a quality related to being more extroverted, more focused, more original, more resilient, less accommodating, and—ultimately—more successful.
Our company will be acquired and therefore all of our employees will be terminating our current company and will be hired by the acquiring company. In regards to our Dependent Care Account, can current participants who are contributing change their contribution amount based on this acquisition being out of their control? We would not want […]
For 20 years, I sat in the seat that most managers feared: I was the person on the other end of the call recruiting away their best performers. It was easier than you would think, and that was even before the FTC banned non-competes from employment offers. In a survey conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, […]
Yesterday’s Advisor looked at alcoholism in the workplace. Today we continue with specific accommodation tips and an introduction to a program that has already written your alcoholism policy, plus 100s of others. Yesterday, we noted that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if alcoholism limits any of an employee’s major life activities, it could […]
As employers and job seekers take their respective positions in this year’s talent hunt, both can benefit from insight on which roles will be highly recruited for in the months ahead. To help both hiring managers and candidates best position themselves in the hiring equation, Randstad US, a staffing and HR services company in the […]
by Kevin O’Neill, Q.C. In Canada, in Hall v. Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc., 2015 BCCA 291, the British Columbia Court of Appeal addressed two important termination and severance issues: 1. In the sale of a business, when and how do an employee’s years of service continue to bind the purchaser? 2. What is the proper […]