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Yesterday’s post outlined the benefits of having a people-centric workplace, and today’s post will outline some action items and best practices for how you can build and endorse this type of environment.
Recruiters and hiring managers, take note. It is increasingly likely that a job candidate will have a tattoo, or even more than one.
When using contingent workers, defined as non-traditional and non-employee workers (often either independent contractors or workers leased from temp agencies or professional employer organizations), employers remove a lot of the hassles associated with managing a workforce internally. However, they also introduce some risks, especially since the decisions are often out of their hands.
There has been a century of expected compliance by workers to do their jobs a certain way, so we are all expected to keep up! The new model for employee development will be a recognition that each person offers a set of special and different skills that can’t come through compliance with routines and standardized […]
When a court evaluates whether an employer has retaliated against an employee for taking medical leave, it often considers “temporal proximity”—that is, how soon an adverse action followed leave or a leave request.
The transformative power of artificial intelligence has made its way into payroll processing, ushering in a new era of efficiency and precision. For HR professionals entrusted with the crucial task of managing payroll operations, embracing AI is a strategic imperative for staying ahead. Here’s how AI frees you from mundane administrative tasks to dedicate your […]
Many companies provide awards to employees throughout the year as a way to express gratitude for hard work and important contributions as well as to publicly acknowledge the success of teams and individual staff members.
In a recent episode of HR Works Podcast, I discussed the impending EEO-1, Component 2 submission with experts Mark Adams and Maggie Spell of Jones Walker LLP. Specifically, we discussed what employers need to submit on the 30th of September and what happens if they don’t make the deadline.
Oswald, CEO of BLR, offered his thoughts on attitude (and Eeyore and Tigger) in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. The chorus of Tritt’s song, which he recorded more than a decade ago, goes like this: And it’s a great day to be alive I know the sun’s still shinin’ when I close my […]
There was a time in the middle of the last century when the lure of the skies drew young women to the “glamorous” job of being a flight attendant. Times have changed. Most people now understand that being a flight attendant is hard and is not made any easier by belligerent passengers and the stress […]