Suzanne Lucas, known as the Evil HR Lady, has a distinctive writing style characterized by clarity, directness, and a touch of humor. She addresses complex human resources issues in a manner that is accessible to both HR professionals and general readers. Lucas is known for demystifying the
The White House just approved a proposal from the Department of Labor to raise the minimum salary for exemption to $55,068 per year. It’s currently at $35,568 per year, so this is quite a jump. What does this mean for your business? Let’s break it down. Salary exemption Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,
Remember January of 2020 when you had never, not once, thought about rules regarding vaccines in the workplace? (Unless, of course, you worked in healthcare.) And 18 months later you could cite huge swaths of CDC guidelines by memory and had talked more about health than you had
One in three hiring managers knowingly ask “illegal” questions during job interviews, according to a recent Resume Builder survey. And while, technically, very few of the questions mentioned in the survey are illegal to ask, queries about religion, race, gender, and pregnancy status (among other things) can still land you in hot water. Why?
It’s great when you can hire someone who can be up to speed in the first 15 minutes, but most people need training time. Even your newly hired chief financial officer needs considerable time to understand your processes and procedures. So, it’s certainly not surprising that it would take at
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Good news for Dell employees! If they like their remote jobs, they can keep their remote jobs! They just won’t be considered for any promotions or internal transfers. While you may be shocked at this, it’s simply Dell saying the quiet part out loud. We know that CEOs
Potential t-shirt slogan for United Airlines pilots: “The CEO of Boeing stepped down, and all I got was this lousy furlough.” Because of delays with ordered Boeing aircraft, United simply doesn’t need as many pilots. As a result, they recently asked pilots to volunteer to take unpaid time off. These delays were caused
Men and women, it turns out, work in different realities. What one group perceives as fact, the other sees something different. As a woman who has studied and been in the workplace for more than 20 years I’ve often thought there is a gap between what we perceive and reality.
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