How To Deal With Rampant Sick Leave Abuse
Sick leave, unlike annual leave, cannot be planned ahead. While the percentage of workers with access to vacation days has stayed the same, those with paid sick leave has...
How Does Immigration Status of An Employee Affect The Company
Evolution is an inevitable part of human life. One can’t move forward unless he participates in it in any manner and hence progresses as an individual as well. Evolutio...
5 Great Ideas to Celebrate Halloween at Work
There are ways to celebrate Halloween at work, no matter how strict your office is. You can bring in your favorite candy and throw a trick-a-treat event at your office fo...
Two Questions To Ask Employees Before They Quit
When a star employee tells you they are considering moving on, it’s usually an unexpected disclosure. Some decide to move on to pursue another opportunity, for better c...
What Are The Most Common Interview Questions And Answers?
Most job interview questions tend to be so run-of-the-mill that often all we can come up with is a scripted response. An interview is supposed to be a two-way conversatio...
What To Do When You’re Overworked at Job?
Earlier this year, The HR Digest posted an insightful article on burned out and overworked nonprofit workers. With the article came accolades of appreciation, gratificati...
How To Deal With An Overly Talkative Coworker?
I work with a loud and obnoxiously talkative coworker. Everyone finds her amiable, and I think I might be the only one who finds her talkative and a distraction. Mind you...
Should I Promote The Loyal, Experienced Employee OR Fresh Talent?
If you have been a part of the casual conversations that take place between the managers of your company, you would have noticed that there is a common issue which almost...
Illegal Interview Questions You Don’t Want to Ask During a Job Interview
According to a 2015 study from CareerBuilder, 20 percent of hiring managers and recruiters have asked illegal interview questions in a job interview, only to find out lat...
Do You Have A Major Hiring Problem? Here Are Top Hiring Tips From The Pros!
Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in the United States to Canada, Kobe and now the United Kingdom to guide companies on how to remedy any gaps in their hi...
3 Highly Effective Ways To Deal With A Chronic Complainer At Work
My coworker in the next cube over is a classic case of a chronic complainer at the workplace. I used to be friends but over the years I have distanced myself from him bec...
Research Suggests Corporate Sabbaticals May Be Good For Business
Sabbaticals are a gratifying way employers can address employee burnout and manage stress and staff turnover. The average American workers work 44 hours a week and over 4...
Massachusetts Wants Employers To Accommodate Use of Medical Marijuana In The Workplace
There are now 29 states with laws that legalize use of medical marijuana. Eight of those states – Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State, Maine, California, Nevada,...
Tricks Employers Use To Pay Less Salary
Bosses continue to actively and deceptively trick employees, paycheck after paycheck, to pay less salary. Companies such as Walmart and McDonald’s have been caught syst...
3 Signs You’re Educated But Not Very Smart
“Stupid is as stupid does.” This line appears in Forest Gump, and is a variant of “Handsome is as handsome does” in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The pr...
Can You Get Fired For No Reason At All?
Yes. You can get fired for no reason at all. Your employer does not need a reason to fire you. In most of the United States, employees are generally under ‘at-will’ e...
