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Rapid growth is a challenge many successful companies face, including Advance Financial. In 4 years, we went from 300 employees to over 1,200 and increased our total revenue by more than 220%. Though this kind of success is certainly a “good” problem, growing pains were inevitable.
The time has come to blow the whistle on two words that do well on their own but must never be put side by side: soft skills. When ignored, these two words can derail a career and a life.
A recent study shows that more than two-thirds of global employees work remotely every week, and over 50% do so for at least half of the week. What does this mean for the standard 9-5? It means that it might have already been over for some time now.
Michigan football recently made headlines after the university terminated its head football coach following an internal investigation that revealed “credible evidence” of an inappropriate relationship between the former coach and a staff member. The university later affirmed its “zero tolerance” policy for such behavior. The decision and resulting headlines underscore the legal and reputational consequences that can arise when workplace relationships involve unequal power […]
Generally, if you dock the pay of exempt workers, you kill their exemption because you are treating them like nonexempts. You could easily owe a few years’ worth of overtime. But DOL does allow docking in certain circumstances. Here are those exceptions, along with a resource to make sure FLSA disasters don’t befall you. In […]
Terri was an HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday Guest, listen to that here. Hackers and scammers evolve every day to find new ways to compromise your security. There are many dedicated individuals out there fighting against these efforts, and today’s “Faces of HR” guest works at one. She was kind enough to share with us […]
‘Surely They Know What I Want’ Managers and supervisors don’t like confronting their employees about performance problems so they tend to assume that employees are aware that they are not doing an acceptable job. Unfortunately, employees don’t think that way. They assume that everything is fine unless they are told otherwise. Then if there’s a […]
by Julie Robinson Employees in Canada are usually entitled to receive reasonable notice of termination or pay in lieu of notice unless fired for cause. But if the employees receive pension or sick leave payments during the notice period, are they entitled to both their regular salary in lieu of notice and such pension or […]
Even the best learning and development (L&D) strategies and programs can fail if they’re implemented by ill-taught trainers or trainers who don’t have the resources and support that they need to be effective and successful at their jobs.
As Courtney Branson writes for HR Daily Advisor, the role of HR is undergoing a transformation. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise to those serving in HR roles—it’s a profession that has been impacted significantly over the past few years by technology, as well as the economy and other forces.