Summer-Hire Sexual Harassment Training
In today’s Advisor, we hear from guest columnist, BLR® Senior Legal Editor, Joan Farrell, on the importance of training teen summer hires on sexual harassment issues.
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Student Athletes Sue to Be Classified as ‘Employees’
Since last year’s monumental Supreme Court decision in Alston curtailing the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) ability to limit student athlete compensation, the landscape continues to shift in unprecedented ways. In September 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its position that certain student athletes at private institutions should be considered employees for purposes […]
Love on the Clock: 4 Tips for Managing Workplace Relationships
From iconic on-screen couples to tangled webs of fictional workplace drama, office romances have long captured the public’s imagination. But these storylines reflect a very real dynamic that employers often face and must address. Romantic relationships in the workplace are common and complicated, often bringing with them issues like favoritism, conflicts of interest, and […]
Train Your People on These 6 Steps of Progressive Discipline
The information in today’s issue first appeared on HR.BLR.com. Six Steps in Progressive Discipline Customize the steps in this training outline to your own progressive discipline system to ensure your employees know how progressive discipline works in your organization. 1. Informal meetings and oral reprimands Used for minor and first offenses, such as: —Tardiness —Smoking […]
Managing Expectations When Administering COBRA Open Enrollment Periods
It is that time of year again—time to plan for and implement annual open enrollment processes. At least it is that time for the typical group health plans that operate on a calendar-year basis. For most plans, this means it is time to reprint plan-related material such as enrollment forms (electronic or otherwise), summary plan […]
Q&A: Fighting the Benefits Illiteracy Epidemic
As an HR manager, you’ve likely spent a lot of time putting together your company’s benefits package. You’ve selected exciting new benefits and made sure you have a good balance of health, wellness, and leave packages. But there is a problem: Your employees just do not seem to understand them. How can you make the […]
New Study Reveals 6 Leadership Megatrends Changing the Workplace
With all the buzz around sexual harassment, many would assume that it would be the number one thing bothering the C-suite. However, a new study shows that’s not the case.
EEOC Eyeing Changes to Its Conciliation Process
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is proposing changes to its conciliation procedure, a process that employers have criticized for years.
When a Candidate Is Nervous
If you’ve been interviewing job candidates for a while, you’ve probably come across a nervous candidate. A case of the interview jitters runs the gamut, from the person who can barely speak to the person who can’t stop talking. Other signs of nervousness include fidgeting, sweating, the shakes, and clumsy behavior.
Ageism in the Workplace
When it comes to discrimination in the workplace, people tend to think first of racial and gender discrimination. However, there are a number of other protected demographic categories that face discrimination in the workplace and other settings. For example, a surprising number of American workers reported experiencing age discrimination, according to a recent report by […]