If you walk in to any HR conference or read any HR textbook you’ll see the phrase “work/life balance” tossed around a lot. The idea here is to make sure you and your staff maintain a good separation between work and personal life. Usually this entails making sure people aren’t overworked, giving people time off, […]
Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations
“As HR professionals conducting workplace investigations, we have to sort through the two stories, determine the most likely chain of events, and take action accordingly.” By Stephanie Hammerwold Early in my HR career, an employee came to me saying that her supervisor had cornered her in a hallway and demanded a kiss. Most of the harassment […]
HRPA Conference Is Back! Check Out The Social Buzz So Far
The 2015 HRPA Conference and Trade Show is under way! HRPA’s Conference & Trade Show will once again explore the business side of HR. Over three days—January 21-23, 2015 in Toronto, the event will examine how modern human resources practice combines complete understanding of the organization with deep HR knowledge to create and execute human capital strategies […]