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5 Lessons from Lost on Hiring, Safety, and Other Workplace Issues
By Alan King and Tony Kessler At first glance, you might think a TV show featuring plane crash survivors on a remote Pacific island — with time travel and an evil smoke monster thrown in to boot — would yield few if any insights into how to run a great workplace. But as the six-year […]
Hiring Returning Vets—Best Bet Out There?
The federal government is going all out to make it easy and attractive to hire returning veterans. For today’s Advisor, we’ve collected some valuable tips to help you consider this special opportunity. Why Hire a Vet? The America’s Heroes at Work website offers the “Top 10” reasons to hire a vet: Ability to learn new […]
Should We Have Worker Representation on Boards?
It’s long been a perception in some circles that the corporate fat cats don’t have the best interests of the working man (or woman) in mind. But, what if that group of fat cats included those workers? That is, in essence, what Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been proposing.
Study: Millennial Priorities Are Salary, Flexibility and Perks
Contrary to popular belief, Millennials are as motivated by salary as their older coworkers, according to the Staples Advantage Workplace Index, a recent study of office workers in the United States and Canada, conducted by the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc. Almost one third of Millennials (29%) report that higher salary is the biggest contributor […]
How Are Employee Benefits Impacted during ADA, FMLA Leave?
What are an employer’s obligations regarding benefits for an employee who is out on leave under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
Leading, Unofficially
This edition of The Oswald Letter is a guest post from Elizabeth Petersen, Project Director for Simplify Compliance. For most of us, the path to becoming a leader starts years before an official leadership title and a team of employees are granted.
Retaliation Claims: How One Employer Defended An Employee’s Claim That Supervisors Retaliated After She Charged Boss Harassed Her; Documentation Is Key
Sendai Parker, a credit analyst for a Los Angeles area branch of Home Savings of America, charged that her supervisor sexually harassed her at a co-worker’s birthday lunch. The supervisor was eventually terminated. Then when Parker was fired two years later for alleged performance problems, she charged that her termination was the culmination of a […]
Labor Day 2011: September 5
Labor Day “an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers” according to the Department of Labor (DOL). Some historians contend that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first to a day to honor those “who […]
How to Make Volunteerism a Core Strategy
With Thanksgiving and the traditional start to the holiday season upon us this week, thoughts of a charitable nature may already be gaining strength at your company.