Building Bridges: More Strategic Partnerships to Form for L&D
Adding to yesterday’s post, here are a few more strategic partnerships you’ll want to form for your L&D department in 2018 and beyond.
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Family and Medical Leave: Court Rejects Employee’s Bid for FMLA Leave to Care for Pregnant Wife; Actual Care Required
Charles Tellis, an Alaska Airlines maintenance mechanic in Seattle, told his supervisor on July 4 that he needed time off because his wife was having difficulties with her pregnancy. His supervisor suggested Tellis contact the benefits department about taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Later that evening, instead of showing up […]
Train Your Traveling Employees to Avoid Identity Theft
By Mike Kelly It’s not uncommon in today’s global business environment to have employees traveling abroad. It’s important to keep these traveling employees informed so that they don’t become victims of identity theft or other crime. Here with tips on addressing the issue is an article by Mike Kelly, CEO of On Call International.
New Pay Strategies Needed to Incentivize a New Generation of Executives
In the upper reaches of corporate America, the largest generation on record is retiring—and a new generation is getting set to take over. And Gen Xers aren’t looking for the same things, compensation-wise, their Baby Boomer predecessors were.
Faces of HR: Why Carolyn Archibald Traded the Bar for the HR Suite
For many, the path to the top of the legal world leads straight to the bar exam. For Carolyn Archibald, the journey took a more human turn. Today, Archibald serves as the Director of Human Resources at Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP, a powerhouse California firm with more than 250 employees across 10 offices. But her career […]
Variable Pay and Risk Management: Are Mitigation Measures Working?
Where did Wells Fargo wrong, and what can employers using variable pay learn from its experience? Several lessons can be gleaned, and chief among them is that companies walk a fine line between incentivizing employees enough to improve company results without promoting undue risky behaviors.
How Do I Deal with a Disabled Worker’s Attendance Problems?
Q: We’ve been going through the interactive process with one of our employees (we’ll call him Mike). As a result, we’ve been accommodating him with unpaid leaves for the last year. It’s been tough, and Mike’s supervisors have told me more than once that they need to terminate him and move on. According to them, […]
Satisfaction and Engagement, Related but not Identical
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at an extensive report on the state of engagement in the workplace. Today we present more results from that report, including the relationship between satisfaction and engagement.
Ask the Expert: Disability Insurance and Medical Expenses
Can you explain how our medical benefits work with disability insurance? When does medical insurance terminate for an employee who is not working due to a short or long term disability? Does disability insurance cover any of the employee’s medical expenses? (We are covered with a private disability insurance, not through SDI).
Should All New Hires Have a STEM Education or Work Background?
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is becoming vital to workplaces powered by automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced mobile and technology platforms. But should all new hires come pre-equipped with such STEM education or work experiences?