A Compensation Hot Potato
My day job puts me in contact with a lot of HR and compensation professionals. Some need help with finding salary data for a job or with setting up job grades. Sometimes, though, they just need an ear to listen.
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Unique Retirees Need Help; Plight Brings Bipartisan Support in House
We are used to the U.S. House of Representatives being divided along party lines, but a proposed bill has shockingly garnered bipartisan support from the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Have You Considered How Community Colleges Can Assist Your Training Program?
Back in 2006, we started working with a highly successful company that was doing very well with sales of almost $2 billion and net income of $139 million. For the sake of this article, we’ll call it “Healthy Products.” It appeared to be doing well. Its products were viewed very positively in the marketplace. […]
Ground Gained in Employer Awareness of True Potential of the Blind
We hear a lot about recruiting challenges like implicit bias and discrimination that persist despite decades of research and training designed to combat those challenges. New research shows that there has been some positive movement in the field.
Job Hazard Analysis Training in 7 Minutes Flat!
Analyzing every job for its hazards can reduce accidents. The purpose of a job analysis is not to evaluate job performance but to find hazards and then determine ways to reduce or eliminate them. Look at each job you do in detail. Often we look at obvious dangers but ignore the simple, everyday things that […]
Train Managers to Identify Workplace Bullying
Throughout our lives, many of us have experienced some form of bullying—whether on a playground or in a locker room, a cafeteria, or a childhood neighborhood. But, while many of us assume that bullying is something that is a part of childhood and adolescence, left behind when we transition into adulthood, the fact is that […]
Is Training for Off-the-Job Safety Worthwhile?
One study placed the off-the-job percentages at more than half as many injuries as on the job, with over two-thirds as many deaths as resulted from on-the-job accidents. Other statistics indicated more lost workdays resulting from away-from-work injuries. Why Does This Matter? True, off-the-job injuries do not affect a company’s insurance rate, or need to […]
Wage & Hour Audits—You or the Feds?
Yesterday’s Advisor answered some quirky questions on overtime. Here are several more, plus an introduction to a wage and hour audit system that will help you spot problems before the feds do. Do we have to pay employees who clock in early?Is it legal for us to refuse to pay hourly employees straight time or […]
Workplace Bullying—Addressing the Problem
by Norbert “Bert” Alicea Yesterday’s Advisor presented tips from Norbert “Bert” Alicea, MA, CEAP, on identifying and understanding the impact of bullying in the workplace. Today, Alicea provides tips for employers on how to address this costly issue.
Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Keeping the Workplace – and Workers – Healthy
By Julie Athey After a brief respite offered by the warm summer months, the swine flu is back in action just in time for the beginning of the school year and all the germ-spreading opportunities that offers. The resurgence of the H1N1 virus coincides with the regular flu season, one result of which is that […]