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April 2021
April 29, 2021
April 27, 2021
This is another kitchen sink case. An employee sued his former employer under the ADA, FMLA, state law and other claims asserting discrimination, failure to accommodate, retaliation, interference and denial of leave.
April 26, 2021
Interviews are stressful, but a panel interview can be even more unnerving with all the dynamics at play.
In this video, Self Made Millennial Madeline Mann will reveal the No.1 mistake people make while providing expert advice on how to prepare for and confidently crush any panel interview.
April 25, 2021
By Ben Eubanks
One of the most difficult things about running your own business is knowing when it is time to hire employees and how to do so. If your business has until now been carried out solely by yourself or a pair/group of cofounders, making the jump from “self-employed” to “employer” can feel daunting.
Here is everything that you need to know if you are considering hiring other members of staff for your company for the first time.
April 21, 2021
By Dan Rockwell
The things I regret in life are mostly associated with anger.
Do want:
No one complains, “I’m furious. This steak is cooked perfectly.”
Anger is useful when it looks beyond ‘don’t like’ to ‘do want’.
Anger is harmful when it festers into blame, inaction, and bitterness.
Anger reflection:
April 20, 2021
Leaders don’t fear failure. Failure is part of the job description when you accept any position in leadership. You are put in a position of making decisions and to date, no leader is one hundred percent on making good decisions! So, no, leaders don’t fear failure.
April 18, 2021
A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. [Source: Wikipedia]
OK, so where am I going with this?
Well, we should all be familiar with the purpose and importance of having a functioning fire extinguisher in our homes and in our workplaces. What we know about them include:
April 16, 2021
April 15, 2021
Breakthrough innovators (intuitively or consciously) apply the ALIEN framework, which stands for: attention, levitation, imagination, experimentation and navigation.
ALIEN thinking provides a blueprint to escape conformity and to devise truly breakthrough solutions to important problems. There are five strategies that must be considered in turn:
April 15, 2021
Justices Alito, Gorusch, and (Thurgood) Marshall share the same views on … religious accommodations?!?
I know, right? Shocking!
But it’s true, and I’ll explain why.
More than a de minimis cost.
April 14, 2021
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
To help you with your career path, we asked business leaders and HR experts this question for their best advice. From active listening to working on relationships, there are several tips that may help you be successful in your future career endeavors.
Here are ten great pieces of career advice::
April 13, 2021
As we emerge from work-from-home solitude and head back into the office, the role of human resources has never been more critical. In a time when policy foreshadows strategy, all eyes are on HR. The workforce is crammed into the starting gate waiting for a bell to sound. Here are the big questions to ponder:
April 8, 2021
By SHRM Staff
On April 7, 2021, SHRM participated in a #SecondChanceMonth Twitter chat hosted by Prison Fellowship.
April 7, 2021
By James Monroe
As a manager, your job is pretty straightforward: make sure the people on your team do their work as well and as efficiently as possible.
April 6, 2021
This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) is Thursday, April 8, 2021.
With each year, my sense of urgency on this issue grows, and for good reason. According to a nationwide survey in 2020, 10 percent of those under the age of 40 reported that they did not recall hearing the word “Holocaust.” Other statistics, including the percentage of respondents blaming Jews for the Holocaust, are even more disturbing:
April 5, 2021
By Anne Evers
As employers, we all have a vested interest in the success and wellbeing of our team members. Our employees create and maintain the fabric of our company’s culture and help power our business successes.
April 5, 2021
Imagine that you just had a surgical procedure, and your boss threatened to punch you where it hurts if you did not take on a project nobody wants.
Imagine that you had a peanut allergy, and your coworkers threatened to slip some peanut butter in your lunch if you did not pick up extra work.
April 2, 2021
By Rue Dooley
Before I get into the arithmetic – WHICH IS EASY – I must establish first that there is no law on this. This is just something that your payroll/accounting/HR folks will quibble over from time to time, so you need an expert to make it canon. That’s what this is all about: How to convert a salary into an hourly wage.
The simplest and most common methods to make the conversion are as follows:
April 1, 2021