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Train Your Managers to Be Winning Coaches

By Heather Hunt Feb 20, 2014 Learning & Development

Updated: Feb 20, 2014

To recap the coaching training exercise: This exercise is intended for all supervisors. Its objective is to review basic information about coaching. Instruct trainees to complete the work sheet below. Then discuss the results as a group and answer any questions. 1. Briefly define “coaching.” __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 2. Identify three purposes of coaching. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ […]

How Entrepreneurs Use Flexibility to Attract Top Talent

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Mar 26, 2019 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Mar 26, 2019

We talk a lot about the importance of thinking beyond salaries and bonuses to attract top talent. Employees want to have top-notch benefits, as well as a comfortable, friendly work environment. Part of that includes flexibility, such as working from home, generous paid time off (PTO), and more.

Reducing Pension Costs in Canada During Hard Times

By Lyne Duhaime May 26, 2009 Northern Exposure

Updated: May 26, 2009

The recent decline in financial markets has caused Canadian pension plans to become significantly underfunded. For instance, in Québec close to 97 percent of all defined benefit pension plans are currently underfunded. As this continues, many employers may look for ways to reduce pension costs or at least offset increases of those costs. Such losses […]

Curbing FMLA/CFRA abuse: Recent legal developments

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Sep 25, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Curbing FMLA/CFRA abuse is complex. Employers must continue to meet their obligations to employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), yet they often fear claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation when rightfully trying to cut down on employee FMLA/CFRA abuse situations. Additionally, the case law […]

Public Official Forgot to Work Extra Hours per Week—For a Few Years

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Sep 13, 2012 HR Strange But True

Updated: Sep 13, 2012

It’s hard to explain why you forgot that you had to work 8 hours extra per week, especially when minutes of a public board meeting show that you were present. And especially when you forgot for 5 years and over 2,000 hours’ worth of pay! That is the dilemma facing a fire marshal in Connecticut, […]

Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work’s Chaos

By Mike Maslanka Jun 22, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 22, 2011

Employment law attorney Micheal Maslanka reviews Michael Carroll’s book Awake at Work: 35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Midst of Work’s Chaos. Maslanka offers a solution from a Harvard Business Review blog post for the problem of idiot compassion that Carroll identifies in the book. In  Awake at Work: 35 […]

We’re At Will–Why the Fuss over Documentation?

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Oct 14, 2008 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 15, 2008

What HR manager hasn’t heard, “We’re an at-will employer, so why do I need documentation before I fire?” Good question, says today’s expert. After all, what is ambiguous about the at-will doctrine? In most organizations, employees are “at will,” that is, they are hired for no specific time period, with no contractual relationship, and employment […]

NLRB Chair’s Departure Raises Questions About Agency’s Future

By HR Hero Alerts Aug 30, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Aug 30, 2011

Wilma B. Liebman wound up her 14-year tenure on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on August 27, leaving an agency that’s supposed to have five members with just three. In addition to Liebman’s departure, member Craig Becker’s term ends December 31. Those developments leave many questioning whether the NLRB will be left crippled in […]

Injuries to Nursing Home Workers

OSHA Targets Nursing Homes in New National Emphasis Program

By Tammy Binford Apr 10, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP) that for the next three years will step up inspections of health hazards to workers in the nursing and residential care industry. A statement from OSHA quotes figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that workers in nursing and […]