A mandatory 32-hour workweek is not coming to a business near you, however much Senator Bernie Sanders wants it to happen. The 40-hour workweek became standard in 1940. For employees who are non-exempt, that means that if they work more than 40 hours in a week, they get paid time and a
Catherine, Princess of Wales, colloquially still referred to as Kate Middleton, had surgery earlier this year. Even though the official message from the British Royal Family was that she would be off work and out of the public eye through the end of March, people are wondering what
If you are holding a public event, you should expect your employees to remain polite and represent the company well. This is a reasonable expectation of an employer. But when the Fire Department of New York held a promotion ceremony and NY Attorney General Letitia James spoke, many firefighters booed and started chanting “Trump, Trump,
Employers have given up. Trying to get people back to the office, that is. According to a panel survey by Perceptyx, the percentage of people working in remote or hybrid roles has stabilized, and so the push for a return to office has ended. This may or may not
Indiana is cutting Medicaid payments to family caregivers. This may seem about as far from a business concern as you could have, but in fact, the opposite is true. Employees who don’t have proper caregivers for their medically complex children will find themselves under tremendous stress and pulled in multiple directions. Jennifer Erp,
Diversity, equity, and inclusion – often shortened to D&I or DEI – spiked as a topic of interest in 2020, especially with the rise of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and other movements in the public consciousness. Is it still on everyone’s minds in 2024? To understand how
The other day my friend Susan Brownfield told me about an article she read in the Huffington Post about how women over 50 are invisible. We laughed about this, as we are both over 50 and more visible than we have ever been. In fact, I just had
Last call if you want to spend three days and nine hours with Jeff Nowak next week learning all about the A-D-A! I have signed up and am very excited! Jeff says: Can’t join us live on March 5, 6 and 7? NO WORRIES! If you register now,
You may want to save money on business travel, but please, do not ask your employees to share beds under any circumstances other than a major natural disaster that severely limits available hotel rooms. A TikToker recently reported that her company gave employees the option to share beds with coworkers on a trip. According to
Home Depot has had a rough year. Last June, the company had to pay $72.5 million to compensate employees who were done working but had to wait for a manager to unlock the doors. And now? The National Labor Relations Board ruled that they had to allow an employee to write “BLM” (for Black Lives
