After 18 years of being Evil HR Lady, I decided it was time for a change. From now on, this blog will be known as Elvis HR Lady.
Serial entrepreneur Codie Sanchez has built a pretty substantial empire, with a net worth of $17 million–all by her mid-thirties. Obviously, she’s doing something right. But just because she can make money doesn’t mean you should follow her advice in everything. For instance, this “hack” for solving problems in your business. Sanchez recently tweeted: “Hack
Can stressed employees do a good job at work? Novo Nordisk, the company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy, certainly doesn’t seem to think so. According to CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, a stressed employee is an ineffective employee. According to QZ, he said at a recent company meeting that “I don’t think you could run a company
While the flag may not be the best thing about living in Switzerland, it is a big plus. Sorry. It’s just always the first thing that comes to mind when considering what makes Switzerland awesome. I’m not the only one who thinks it’s (mostly) a great place to live. The World Happiness
Have you been scared to try ChatGPT? Or maybe you’ve been playing with it and you wonder if you should use it to help you with your day to day work. If you’d like to learn more, join me at this webinar, ChatGPT: An Introduction for HR Pros,
We just discovered that one of our full-time employees (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday) has been working another full-time job. The job isn’t for a competitor, but we are concerned that working 80 hours a week will reduce the employee’s ability to do his job. Can we require employees
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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,