Overseas Employment Tips and Compliance Issues
Yesterday we looked at how changing trends are resulting in more multinational companies sending employees overseas. Today we’ll look at compliance concerns and general safety tips for these situations.
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Nurture Employees’ Passion to Achieve Success
Life is too short to do something you hate. It’s a simple statement that’s hard to dispute, but shouldn’t all of us expect more than not to hate what we do? I think so.
Safety Training Should Address Importance of Promoting Safe Work Environment
There are many compelling reasons to make workplace safety a priority, including federal and state laws requiring employers to provide a safe work environment and the negative effect that unsafe working conditions can have on morale, productivity, and retention. It is important to share those reasons during training.
Escape from HR’s Bermuda Triangle
There’s little doubt that the most puzzling and frustrating trio in HR is FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation. In today’s Advisor, we’ll answer key questions about the overlapping of the three laws. What’s the main issue with the workers’ compensation, FMLA, and ADA overlap? If a worker is on leave because of a work-related injury […]
Would You Rather…?
By Kyle Emshwiller A few weeks ago, we reported on a “would you rather” survey that highlighted some surprising preferences, including that 38 percent would rather go to work than landscape. If we were surprised then, we are shocked now. Mashable recently reported on a Harris Interactive poll that looked into the frustration behind changing […]
4 Things Others Do That HR Hates the Most
Don’t you hate when that happens? Or that? Or that? A new book lists things that rile you up the most … and what you do in return. Ever since the Japanese started eating the lunch of American business back in the 1970s, U.S. companies have focused on the team. After all, that was a […]
Leadership Is Going to the Dogs
If you want loyalty, get a dog. If you want to inspire loyalty, act like a dog.
Bad Hires: Are You Aware of the Risks?
Monster Worldwide, Inc. recently released the results of their Small Business, Big Hire survey. Conducted by Braun Research on behalf of Monster, the study found that nine in ten small business owners (89%) identify hiring the wrong person for a job as a risk to the company, with one-half (51%) saying it is a major […]
DOL Accuses Employer of Discriminatory Hiring and Development Practices
Tech giant Oracle Corp. is guilty of shortchanging women and minority workers $400 million in the form of wages, according to a new legal filing by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Juggling Work and Play during Vacation Season
As peak vacation season nears and employees begin jockeying with coworkers to take off the days and weeks they want, employers may be wondering if their time-off policies are fair, simple, and effective or if they complicate work schedules unnecessarily. What’s more important — logging a specified number of hours every weekday, or producing an […]