Current Trends in Wellness—How Does Your Program Compare?
In yesterday’s Advisor, Consultant Karl Ahlrichs shared tips on how to save big with disease management programs. Today, he reveals the latest trends in successful wellness programs.
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Public vs. Private Sector: The Compensation Gap Widens
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on April 25, 2017 discussing the compensation gap between private sector workers and those employed by the federal government. Since the last such CBO study in 2012, the gap appears to have widened.
Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of the Worst Employees?
The HR Daily Advisor was recently at the 2016 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition in Washington D.C.! Yesterday we heard about the problems that bad employees create from Greg Hare, an employment lawyer at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm in Atlanta, GA. Today, some advice on what to do about them.
‘My Favorite Murder’ Podcast: Workplace Disasters and the Rise of OSHA
As we all try to social distance during the pandemic, the additional time at home has had me searching for new content to stay engaged. During the course of this search, I recently stumbled upon “My Favorite Murder,” a hit true crime comedy podcast. Yes, you read that correctly—true crime comedy podcast.
Ask the Expert: FMLA for Depressed Employee Who Hasn’t Requested It?
An employee has been with the company for almost 2 years and is always on time and present. However, they have recently stopped showing up for their scheduled shifts. We learned that the employee has fallen into a deep depression which is restricting the individual from having contact not only with our company but also […]
The Growing Status of Corporate Learning and Development
When it comes to respect as a legitimate corporate priority, learning and development (L&D) have come a long way over the last several decades. Readers who may be old enough to remember the days of painfully corny training videos can likely also attest to the progress training materials and efforts have made over the years. […]
Training employees to eliminate unconscious bias
by Matthew A. Lafferman Everyone has unconscious or subconscious preferences. Generally, we all prefer to associate or socialize with people who share our background and interests. As a consequence, we often aren’t aware of our preferences, identifying our behavior only when it’s pointed out by someone else. Unfortunately, we carry our hidden biases into the […]
EntertainHR: Superstore Steals the Show
One great thing about television shows based in the workplace is that they provide countless examples of what to do, and what not to do, in the face of seemingly absurd, though often commonplace, occurrences. No show embodies this more than Superstore. Superstore is a comedy about the daily lives of a group of big […]
Salary Negotiations: An Employer’s Perspective
At the end of a hiring process, the final step is sending an offer letter to the potential candidate with the hope of them accepting it. Unfortunately, some hiring managers end up receiving a different answer, a counter offer.
Could VR Help You Bring Employee Training into the Modern Age?
With COVID-19 upending nearly every aspect of the way we work, many companies spent the greater part of last year trying to find the best way to stay productive while ensuring employees’ and customers’ safety. For many, this meant taking the traditional processes and making them remote without disrupting established workflows. The agendas of meetings […]