September is Self-Care Awareness Month. To learn more about self-care and what it means for the workplace and public policy, I sat down for a Q&A with award-winning author and journalist Sophia A. Nelson. Her new book is titled Be the One You Need: 21 Life Lessons I Learned While Taking Care of Everyone but Me.
You’re busy, I know. But I hope you’ll take a second to read this. It’s addressed to you (yes, you).
In case no one has said it to you recently, let me do so: thank you, HR.
You don’t hear it enough (or maybe at all). I know—I’ve been there.
Yet, you trod along every day at work, putting out fires, and preventing them from starting in the first place.
This week I received an interesting question regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Does an employee continue to accrue paid leave while out on FMLA leave?
At a time when employees begin returning "back to the office" in a post-pandemic economy, human resource officers and corporate leaders seek ways to make their corporate culture most accommodating.
You may know that stories are a great way to convey complex messages. But did you know they are also a powerful way to make employee training especially effective?
As an HR Knowledge Advisor, I often receive questions on how to go about having a difficult conversation with an employee. The reason why this topic is so popular is because many HR professionals feel uncomfortable when faced with having to speak to employees about matters ranging from performance issues to internal investigations.
