However, it is hard to achieve excellence if a good chunk of the workforce is systematically excluded from consideration on the basis of non-credentialing.
16 Phrases That Make You Look Really Unprofessional in Meetings
47 percent of people surveyed reported that the meetings they attend are not productive. Don’t make it worse by saying these words and phrases.
New Rewards Program Set To Rock Employee Recognition
Payback Incentives™, an online employee recognition and sales incentive program originally introduced in 2006, is being re-launched as a do-it-yourself e-gift recognition system that any company can afford to use. Utilizing the 10 years of experience running programs for companies such as Delta Airlines, Volvo Construction Equipment, Leica Geosystems, Neenah Paper and many more, Payback […]
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 […]
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 & […]
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.
Employers: don’t fire employees for taking legally prescribed meds
Employers should be familiar with the requirements of ADA, at least to the extent that they don’t do what one employer allegedly did. The EEOC announced that it settled for $750,000 a 2009 ADA case against an employer which apparently never even heard of the ADA.
How to create an injury-free workspace
Every morning I settle into my chair, sit up nice and straight, place my fingers piano-player-perfectly on the keyboard, and start working. By about 3:00 pm my graceful posture has deflated into a slight slouch; by 4:30 pm I’m lucky if my rear end hasn’t fallen off the seat cushion. Mid-afternoon contortions are pretty common […]