The Wage and Hour Pitfalls of Smartphones
Are your nonexempt employees sneaking a peek at work-related e-mail while off the clock? asks Tammy Binford, writing on HrHero.com®. Watch out: There could be tricky wage and hour dangers ahead.
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Managers Stress (and Quit) Over Managing Gen Z
Is Gen Z so difficult to manage that their bosses are getting overly stressed and even quitting? That’s the suggestion from a new survey of 1,000 U.S. managers who oversee Gen Z employees, conducted by Intelligent.com. Every new generation that comes into the workforce has its unique perspectives, working styles, advantages and challenges. Much is […]
Does ‘Little Old Lady’ Have an Age Discrimination Case?
The 6th Circuit recently focused on comments made by an employee’s former supervisor shortly before her termination, including ageist name-calling and comments about her retirement. The court held she produced sufficient evidence of discrimination to bring her case to trial.
Reviews: ‘Revenge Tool’ or ‘Extremely Defeating’
Dan Oswald’s recent epinion, “Bell Curve, or Everyone’s Excellent?” garnered a wide variety of interesting responses from our readers. One reader found that performance appraisals are a “revenge tool,” while others agreed that managers have to be tougher in grading performance. Oswald, who is CEO of BLR, blogs on business and leadership in the The […]
Retirees: A Rich Talent Pool That Many Overlook
Despite talk of a looming 2023 recession, the U.S. labor market remains extremely tight. In fact, whenever older workers decide to begin their retirement, many employers faces a small crisis. Not only is it difficult to recruit any replacement workers, but finding one who can match the institutional knowledge and industry experience of a retiring […]
Non-Job-Specific Areas of Focus for Employee Training
Employee training has traditionally focused on a job’s specifics—for example, a payroll specialist should be trained on how to operate the company’s payroll system and deal with staff questions, a building manager should be trained on key areas of building monitoring and maintenance, software engineers should be trained on new and improved methods for effective […]
Commission Structure Doesn’t Justify Failure to Pay Wages Due at Termination
Commission payments often make up a significant portion of the compensation paid to employees who work in sales. The structure of commission payments varies from industry to industry and from region to region, but commissions serve the same basic purpose: financially motivating employees to increase their sales with the promise of receiving higher income.
The Continuing Zoom Experience
The widespread shift to remote work has been a blessing for millions of wardrobe-conscious workers. Instead of worrying whether colleagues will notice an outfit worn twice in the same week, most virtual meeting attendees can get by as long as they have a not-too-wrinkled dress shirt laying nearby. But even though virtual meetings don’t require […]
When Opportunity Knocks, Will You Open the Door?
Oswald, CEO of BLR, offered these thoughts on Lincoln, leadership, and opportunity in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter: It’s Lincoln’s second item—opportunities will present themselves—that I believe is most overlooked by those supposedly seeking opportunity. Often we are looking so hard for a certain opportunity or for opportunity to look a specific way […]
Pros and Cons of Employee Retreats
Employee retreats, during which staff spend time together off-site, are being viewed in a new light in the post-COVID, hybrid work world. In a still largely remote workplace without watercooler discussions and chance hallway run-ins, such retreats can represent a rare opportunity for face time and unstructured bonding. Still, such events can often have significant […]