What if You Could Reduce Employee Turnover?
On Friday, we heard from Author Donna Cutting on how to keep employee morale up and, therefore, reduce the amount of recruiting you need to do because of turnover. Today, we present more from Cutting.
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Warm Up Your Training This Winter
Space heaters are a quick way to heat things up in a drafty office or workspace, but they can increase the risks of fire and electric shock if not used properly. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not specifically prohibit use of portable electric heaters, but the safety agency does require that any […]
Don’t Be Rude to Job Applicants
In yesterday’s Advisor, we discussed the fact that many job applicants walk away from the process frustrated, often because of a perceived lack of information or follow through from employers. There are many ways the process can be improved. Here are a few more ways to treat applicants better:
Are Lifelong Ergonomic Injuries Developing Now at Your Workplace?
Ergonomic injury can take 10 years to show up, and then last for life. Here are methods to stop its development long before symptoms appear. Plus—a valuable free ergonomics resource, yours for the asking.
Fatal Occupational Injuries in California
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has released data regarding the number of workplace fatalities for 2014, the most recent numbers available. The good news is the number of Californians who died on the job decreased from the previous year.
Oh [no], Canada!
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably heard about Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor, Rob Ford. No, I don’t mean that term in the figurative sense or as a commentary on some outlandish political policy he has chosen to pursue. I mean it quite literally, as Rob Ford admitted in […]
Did You Know COBRA Notices Make Good Wedding Gifts?
COBRA Administrators: No need to order gifts off a wedding registry for soon-to-be-married employees — just print out and present to the couple a copy of the general/initial notice for COBRA continuation coverage, according to COBRA expert Paul M. Hamburger, Esq. Well, before you take this too seriously, some context is necessary. Hamburger, contributing editor […]
Everything I Need to Know About Managing … I Learned From My Mother
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor In his keynote speech at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, held recently in Nashville AEIS Las Vegas is November 17-18), BLR CEO Dan Oswald told an appreciative crowd about the 10 critical management lessons he learned from his mom. Lesson #1: Honesty is the best policy […]
DOL poised to release new overtime final rule
The long-awaited final rule making millions more employees eligible to earn overtime pay is likely to be released on May 18, and if its contents match recent reports, employers and employees alike are in for big changes. The Politico news organization reports that Vice President Joe Biden, Labor Secretary Tom Perez, and Ohio Senator Sherrod […]
Beyond maternity leave: employers’ duties to returning mothers
by Michelle Dougherty With the recent emphasis on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) regarding employers’ affirmative duties to pregnant employees, it is important for employers to remember that they also have obligations when employees return to work after childbirth. Specifically, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers have […]