We recently heard of a scenario where a trusted, high-performing, longtime employee of a medium-sized business was caught violating a company policy – a policy that two past employees had […]
More than 24 million Americans left their jobs between April and September of 2021 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ― an all-time record that no employer felt […]
For decades, one of the biggest workplace taboos has been talking about your pay with your co-workers. It’s no surprise: the subject of money often falls right behind politics and […]
To pay or not to pay interns? It’s a common question among businesses who lean on us for HR – and one we hear most often in spring and summer, when […]
Can you? We’ll break it down momentarily. Should you? That’s another question entirely. Let’s start with the more objective of the two: The question of whether you can demand extra […]
After a year off from celebrating holiday festivities because of COVID-19, many workplaces are figuring out how to celebrate the season safely with the pandemic still working its way through […]
An executive order handed down by the White House is about to impact companies with 100 employees or more – about two-thirds of the country’s total workforce. An effort to boost vaccine rates and save lives, it requires employees to do one of the following: Show […]
Studies consistently show a positive correlation between strong HR and strong business outcomes. So what characterizes strong HR? Great question. Strong HR is HR that’s not an afterthought or mere […]
When people learn that I’m in the HR outsourcing business and that our team provides hiring management services, I often get asked, “Has it been difficult for your clients to […]
Forbes recently shed light on the disconnect between perceptions of HR and HR in practice. Put simply, the administration and risk management duties HR is known for (and often joked […]