More Health and Wellness Survey Results
Yesterday’s Advisor looked at some of the results from our recent health and wellness survey. Today, more results.
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Avoid These Recruiting Behaviors
In yesterday’s Advisor, we outlined the fact that there are plenty of recruiting behaviors that can sabotage your efforts. We started a list of recruiting “don’ts”—bad behaviors to avoid. Let’s continue that list now.
Your Workplace Violence Program—4 Essential Components
Sem, who is CPP CSC certified, is the president of Sem Security Management in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He was joined by Di Ann Sanchez, PhD, SPHR, the founder and president of DAS HR Consulting LLC, at a recent webinar sponsored by BLR®. The Four Essential Components of a workplace violence (WPV) Program 1. Prevention—the most […]
8 Companies Honored for Mentoring Programs
HeiTech Services president and CEO Heidi Gerding understands the challenges that small businesses face in the government contracting industry and has reaped the benefits of mentoring. That’s why her company decided to mentor an emerging company itself. “Mentoring has had a lasting impact on the growth and successes of HeiTech Services,” said Gerding. “Having access, […]
#1 Mistake Managers Make that Makes Great People Quit
A Players Don’t Have to Play on B Teams Kleiman uses baseball analogies for clues about why managers lose A players: A players never have to play on a B team, he says. And they don’t want to play with B or C players. That makes for problems when A players’ managers retain poor performers, […]
EEOC issues updated enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination
by Kevin McCormick On July 14, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its “Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues.” This is the first comprehensive update the EEOC has provided on the subject since 1983. The guidance supersedes the earlier EEOC publication and incorporates significant developments in the law during the past 30 […]
Uber class action ruling expected to have national implications
A San Francisco judge’s ruling granting class action status to possibly thousands of Uber drivers carries implications that “go well beyond California,” according to an attorney closely watching the case. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled September 1 that a group of Uber drivers in California can sue as a class as they argue that […]
Arbitrator, Saskatchewan Court Give Jerk Employee a Perk, Not Work
What should an arbitrator do when a fired employee is too bad to be reinstated, but dismissal was for one reason or another unjustified? Surprisingly, for Canadian arbitrators the answer seems increasingly to be: “Give ‘em a big payout.” They are increasingly awarding these unsalvageable employees bigger awards than good employees would get in a […]
IRS Final Rule on Entertainment Use of Business Aircraft Makes Few Concessions
Employers that own aircraft and find the tax treatment of their use complicated did not see much relief from final regulations IRS issued Aug. 1 in T.D. 9597. The final regulations on the operation of company aircraft leave intact many of the limitations to deductions contained in regulations it issued in 2007. In the end, […]
Give your 2016 “to do” list a good spring cleaning
by Dan Oswald Spring has sprung. The grass is green. The flowers are blooming. The trees are in full blossom. It’s that time of year again. Time for spring cleaning. Out with the old and in with the new. At least that’s my wife’s way of thinking. Last weekend, we spent a day cleaning out […]