Can you believe that it is the end of 2015 already!? The past 12 months have been non-stop for the team at HRmarketer as we’ve built and launched our new software tools to help marketing teams engage with the HR space and talent better and faster. As the US economy continues to grow, so too […]
7 Work-Life Balance Tips That Will Change Your Life
Work-life balance. Sounds simple enough, right? Whether you’re a student, manager or entrepreneur – or parent or executive –finding the ideal balance between work and lifestyle is something we’re all constantly striving to achieve. For many of us, however, achieving a work-life balance is the equivalent of walking the tightrope: with constant demands from both family and […]
Docking pay on a snow-day – is it legal?
It wouldn’t be a real Canadian winter without a super-storm or two and, at some point over the season, it’s very likely you’ll have to call a snow day – but how clued up are you on what you can and can’t do?HRM asked one employment lawyer’s advice. Do you have an obligation to pay? Missing a […]
How Companies Are Raising the Bar on Workplace Wellness (Infographic)
The thought of adding an employee-sponsored health program (and increasing company costs) may cause some employers to break out in a sweat. But jumping on the corporate wellness bandwagon has more benefits than just producing fitter employees. According to research published in the Harvard Business Review, employees who think their companies treat them well are more more likely to be innovative […]
How to shift from blame to learning
When things don’t go well in organizational life, it is ever so easy to react by blaming others. For example, we may have a difficult conversation with a co-worker who seems, again, to dismiss our point of view. We wind up feeling “unheard,” frustrated, and possibly even insulted. We react (inwardly, if not outwardly) by […]
Compensation – Unpaid Interns Can Be Expensive
Taking on Unpaid Interns? Don’t Take on a Lawsuit, Too… “… when a complaint is made, the price of an unlawful internship can be quite high. Failure to pay wages, failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, meal and rest violations, and related penalties and attorneys’ fees and costs can add up quickly.” (Ervin Cohen & […]
Why incompetent people get hired (and promoted)
This whole issue of incompetence is a problem with perception, and may have little to do with the reality of the situation.
Biometric Screenings and New Year’s Resolutions
The holidays are here! It is the time of year we look back on the year that was, and look forward to a new beginning. With the New Year, comes New Year’s resolutions. We set expectations for ourselves each year to achieve specific goals. According to Time Magazine, 3 of the top 10 New Year’s […]
What follows after Ulrich’s Business Partner Model?
Enter the HR Entrepreneur The Business Partner model has been around for about 10 years now. It has improved both transactional and transformational HR delivery, but this has not led to improving organisational performance to the satisfaction of many CEOs. This leaves HR with a problem. Are you assuming what is needed? Having attended Dave […]
The temptation of reverse delegation
We’ve all seen situations where managers delegate a task to an employee and then end up doing the work themselves, either because they take the assignment back or allow the employee to give it back.