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Lawyer-turned-author Susan Cain admits she’s an introvert and has encountered some challenges because of it. But she firmly believes that introverts have important contributions to make to U.S. business that employers usually aren’t aware of. That’s because employers have been trained, says Cain, to seek out extroverts. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World […]
The training and L&D technology industry is now worth billions of dollars and continues to grow each year, and it’s becoming clear that multiple organizations are beginning to rely on a variety of training and L&D technology as more options continue to flood the marketplace.
A recent 2019 LinkedIn report shows that learning and development (L&D) departments won’t be as constrained by low budgets anymore as compared with previous years, and most organizational leaders and executives are seeing the value of increasing their spending on employee L&D initiatives, as well as promoting and marketing those initiatives.
By Holly Jones, JD, BLR Senior Legal Editor Question: In preparation for the new regulations coming on December 1, we’d like to conduct a comprehensive Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) audit of all of our positions. We expect that some positions will be reclassified based on salary threshold, but we may also have some positions […]
While learning and development (L&D) professionals often use the terms “online learning,” “e-learning,” and “distance learning” interchangeably, they don’t mean the exact same thing. Here’s how they’re different:
By Sarah McAdams Embracing diversity and inclusiveness is not only the right thing to do — it also, of course, makes good business sense. When we think about organizational diversity, we usually first consider the individual level. We want to make sure, for instance, that your gay/Mormon/Asian/disabled/female worker feels that her ability to work productively […]
Well, not 60 seconds, but 10 days according to internationally known HR thought leader John Sullivan, PhD. Citing research by Officevibe.com, Sullivan says that the best candidates tend to stay in the job market for 10 days. If you wait, you lower your quality of hire, Sullivan says. These tips came during his session at […]
More companies are quickly realizing that candidates and employees, alike, are looking for a better work/life balance. One way to do this is by offering flexible schedules and according to one survey, flexible scheduling leads to more productive workers. A win-win for all!
Yesterday we looked at the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling concerning graduate students being entitled to unionize at colleges and universities. Today we’ll see what impact that has on other businesses.
What if you conduct an I-9 audit and discover that you are missing some employees’ I-9 forms? You don’t know if they were accidentally purged, filed incorrectly, or never completed. Can you ask the affected employees to fill out another I-9? If so, do you ask them to backdate it or use the current date?