Employment Practices Liability Insurance 101
Employers are typically well-versed in how to stay compliant with the rules and regulations surrounding employment.
Most Popular
Key Workplace Skills Missing in 2024 Graduates
Speaking very generally, there are various pros and cons to hiring recent college graduates. On the one hand, these graduates may come, fresh from academia, equipped with the latest knowledge and theories in their chosen field. On the other hand, recent graduates—at least those who have taken the more traditional route of moving directly from […]
Still Doing 20th Century Training? 21st Century Training Tips
In yesterday’s Advisor, Consultant Roselinde Torres outlined the four characteristics required for leadership success in the 21st century; today, Torres shares key training tips for developing leaders who will possess these qualities.
Tips to Combat Poor Productivity and Absenteeism During March Madness
Recent statistics reveal that March Madness has become more popular than ever before, thanks in large part to the worldwide betting that takes place. Over 60 million people are expected to fill out brackets this year, with an estimated $10 million being put on the table. However, there is another cost which people may not […]
Making Connections in a Virtual World: Creating a Remote Internship Program
For Webster Bank, the decision to retain our summer intern program was easy. The program is a pipeline to future bankers, and it is part of an overall corporate strategy to promote career growth and development among all of our bankers. We also decided that if we were going to move ahead with the program, […]
Grief Counseling
LITIGATION VALUE: Nominal An employer can do many things to assist employees in coping with grief, but requiring them to attend a bird funeral in the parking lot is not one of them. Also, as a general rule, regional managers shouldn’t be soft shoulders for their subordinates. Certainly, they shouldn’t have a meeting asking employees […]
Maryland Paid Sick Leave Law Takes Effect February 2018
On January 12, 2018, following nearly a year of speculation in the wake of Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the paid sick leave bill passed by the Maryland General Assembly near the close of last year’s legislative session, the General Assembly and the Senate have overridden the governor’s veto. The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act […]
What Is HCM?
Have you heard of human capital management (HCM)? HCM refers to the entire suite of activities an organization undertakes to optimize and maximize the value derived from the organization’s employees. Essentially, HCM strives to make recruiting employees, managing employees, and employee productivity as optimal as possible.
Key Provisions of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
In a previous post, we started discussing the European Union’s recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Even though we are dedicating several posts to this subject, it is important to stress that this is an extremely significant set of rules and regulations, and we are only just barely scratching the surface to provide a […]
Medical Certs—Necessary FMLA Evil
How can you know if your comp program is meeting organization goals? You have to maintain metrics, says consultant Terry Pasteris, CCP, GRP. But there are metrics, and then there are metrics. Under the FMLA, employers may request medical certification of the need to take leave for the employee’s own serious health condition or the […]