Employment Discrimination Law now includes Transgender Protections, says Fed. Gov.
According to a memo released on December 18, 2014 by Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice is now deducing federal law to unequivocally forbid discrimin...
FMLA Blunder Costs FedEx $173K
There is one particular section of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that doesn’t get a ton of press. Anyway, it now seems that overlooking it can turn out to be a hu...
NLRB Files Complaint against McDonalds
On December 19, 2014 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issues 13 grievances identifying McDonalds as a “joint employer” of the workers at its franchisees. In ...
Sony Entertainment Scandal Serves as a Warning to Employers
As of late, the outrage with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. transformed from a humiliating tabloid story to a possible terrorist threat. The rupture likewise has affec...
Three OSHA Rules You Need to Know Before 2015
From January 1, 2015 two new rules will come into effect by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that will affect a majority...
Employee Benefits to Look For When Job Hunting
Searching for a new job means incessant bargaining until you’re satisfied with whatever little happiness you find in that offer letter in your hands. But the sooner you...
DO’s & DON’Ts of Stealing Competitors’ Talent
What is the best place on Earth to find incredible talent? Obviously, your direct competitors! It is true that the job market is growing stronger and stronger in the past...
Andrew McAfee – Are Droids Taking Over Our jobs?
With the advancement of technology, the jobs that once required a human are now done by Robots and Algorithms. After all aren’t machines enabling us to spend our time d...
Clay Shirky – Instituitions vs. Collaborations
Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will offer looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Indeed...
The Secret is Out: The Best Way to Reward Employees!
Every company wants to reward employees by addressing these four areas: compensation, employee benefits, recognition and appreciation. However, it’s not always that exo...
Spying on Employees’ Social Media and Employee Liabilities
In 2012, a little less than 10 percent of companies in America monitored their employees’ usage of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and those which w...
The Importance of Social Bond that Drives Organizational Sustainability
What will enable organizations to progress in the right direction? One must admit that the key driver of organizational sustainability lies in the strength of the social ...
Nomophobia Is Real and it’s Hampering Workplace Productivity
In 2010 the word ‘Nomophobia’, no-mobile-phone phobia was coined during a study on anxieties suffered by mobile phone users carried out by YouGov, a UK-based research...
Why Employee Happiness Should Be On Top Of Your Agenda
I have a friend of mine (let’s call him Pretend) who is worth mentioning here. Pretend plays an active role in today’s corporate culture. Pretend punches in to work e...
Accepting Millennials in today’s workforce
According to Deloitte, 68 percent of corporate recruiters admitted having a difficult time for their organizations when it came to dealing with millennials. Similarly, 59...
Embracing Cultural Change within an Organization
Change Embracing Cultural At Work No matter what stage of life it is, change can be both exciting and scary. Although, an inevitable part of everyday life, change is ofte...
