U.S. Employees Give Senior Leaders Low Marks
Employees’ perception of their company’s senior leadership is far from favorable, according to research from Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company.
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How Apprenticeships Work in the Modern World
In yesterday’s Advisor, we received a brief history lesson on apprenticeships from author Jeff Goins. Today, we learn about apprenticeships in the modern world in another excerpt from his book, The Art of Work.
How To Avoid the Worst California Wage and Hour Tripwires
While the landscape of employment law is always changing, certain wage and hour hazards remain constant. Many of these pitfalls include issues that seem insignificant at the individual employee level but if left unchecked can easily become massive liability risks that snowball into class actions and Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claims.
What’s the Scoop on Employee File Management?
Is your HR team currently spending way too much time managing documents? Are you struggling to comply with changing laws? What’s happening with document management in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
Americans With Disabilities Act: Court Upholds $237,000 Verdict For Employee Who Was Forced To Resign; Why You Can’t Require Full Medical Releases
State and federal courts have made it clear that when an employee is disabled but wants to work, you must go the extra mile to determine whether you can offer a reasonable accommodation. This point was driven home again recently when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a large verdict for an injured employee […]
Tips for a successful summer internship program
It’s summer, a time when you may have some new faces around the workplace. Eager college or even high school students are taking their place alongside experienced workers in the hopes that a summer of real-world experience will give them valuable insights into their chosen careers and maybe even give them a leg-up when they […]
Stop with Selecting the Best Applicants … Start Selecting the Best Employees
Kleiman, who offered hiring tips at BLR’s HR Strategic Summit held recently in Scottsdale, Arizona, will be speaking on the topic in an upcoming BLR® Webinar. Finding A Players Kleiman offers four sources of great new employees that are free and easy. Former Employees Former employees who left the company and came back are great […]
Equal Pay: New EEOC Guidelines Explain When Pay Differentials Are Legal
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, compensation discrimination is still a very real workplace problem. Now, the EEOC has issued comprehensive new guidelines for when pay differentials are and are not legal. Here are the highlights.
Apple Incorporates On-Site Wellness Centers
While wages remain the primary factor for most employees in determining whether to stay at their current job or look elsewhere for employment opportunities, other factors strongly impact employee satisfaction as well. Flexible hours, vacation time, and company culture can all impact an employer’s desirability in the minds of employees and potential employees.
Downton Abbey: Handling an employee resignation with class
Although Downton Abbey focuses on the upstairs/downstairs dynamics of the fictional aristocratic Crawley family and their staff, there are still some lessons that contemporary employers may take from the show. For instance, in a recent episode, the staff dealt with the sudden resignation of second footman Alfred, as he was accepted into the Ritz cooking […]