by Caroline | May 21, 2014 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Management, Recruiting, Training
I recently read an article about a bunch of Conde Nast interns suing the company for underpaying them because they did menial tasks that didn’t help their careers and could have been done by employees. The article wondered: Is this the end of internships? No!...
by Caroline | May 14, 2014 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management, People Evaluation, Training
Occasionally, when we propose discrimination and sexual harassment training, clients push back. “We would never hire the kind of person who would use racial epithets,” they say. “We would never hire someone who would sexually harass other employees.” Well, maybe not....
by Caroline | May 7, 2014 | Company Culture, Management
Culture. What do we hear most from business owners and non-profit directors about this topic? Its usually one of these two statements: We are going to create a great culture! OR We are going to work hard at keeping our great culture as we grow. And what is the...
by Caroline | Apr 30, 2014 | Management
So, you’ve got managers and deliverables, deadlines and yearly evaluations to make sure employees do their jobs. And you see to it that the managers do their jobs. But who is holding you accountable? Who is checking to see that you’re making reasoned decisions about...
by Caroline | Apr 23, 2014 | Company Culture, Management
So who could have seen this coming? More than 20 years after they banned smoking in most workplaces, the whole question has come up again in the form of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes. These cigarettes have a battery that dispenses a vapor—with or without...
by Caroline | Apr 16, 2014 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management
Workers compensation insurance ain’t cheap. So companies may sometimes be tempted to fudge a little. Like, if one of your IT guys normally doesn’t do a lot of heavy lifting but when you need stuff carried out of the office he’s your go-to guy, you might be tempted to...
