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Your sexual harassment at work policy needs to be clear and complete, but the policy must then be followed by a strong and active training program. Ever since the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began its emphasis on ending sexual harassment at work, this issue has been one of the most difficult to police. A sexual […]
Healthy lifestyles can lead to overall better outlooks on life, which definitely hold promise for workplaces where Americans toil away day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year.
In Yesterday’s Advisor, we explored some of the best ways to approach hiring veterans. Today we’ll explore the advantages of wounded warrior projects.
Yesterday’s Advisor presented some undesirable employment application questions, including those that concern protected activity or reveal disability information. Today, consultant Bridget Miller shares more questions that your application shouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. AVOID: Questions That Could Appear to Discriminate Based on Aspects That May Be Covered by State Laws or Other Regulations Here […]
Unfortunately, employee mistakes in the medical field are par for the course. Indeed, there are companies that specifically work with hospitals and medical institutions in an attempt to decrease error and increase quality healthcare.
As an HR person, you care about people, says attorney Susan Fentin. Your impulse is to help; however, if the problem is driving the business down, you may not be able to help. You need to balance these sometimes-competing interests, and that’s not often easy. What are the issues when an employee is chronically ill? […]
by Dan Oswald It’s a sad day for me. Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, and Ding Dongs, is going out of business. While my midsection may not look like it, I haven’t had a Twinkie—or any other Hostess product, for that matter—in more than 30 years. But I hate to see them go. […]
Fatigue on the job is a known risk factor for causing lost productivity and accidents. In today’s Advisor, we’ll provide training information to help your workers get a good night’s sleep—even if their work shift requires sleeping during the day!
In part 1 of this article, we introduced programmatic recruiting, which is the idea of taking the recruiting process and optimizing it through technology. The end result of programmatic recruiting is that job ads are placed where they will be most relevant – a result which may change for each role, and may change moment […]
by Denice R. Hinden, PhD, PCC, President, Managance Consulting & Coaching When I trained to be a crisis hotline volunteer in the early 1980s, I had no idea I was developing a game changing leadership skill. The first thing we learned was how to listen deeply to callers to make a connection. That meant focusing […]