It’s coming up on the most wonderful time of year … the time when already stressed-out bosses have to come up with presents for their direct reports. Or maybe a party! Or a bonus! It’s difficult to figure out the right approach. Handing out a bottle of wine isn’t
I am so excited to announce that I’ll be in the good old USA speaking at a conference next week! My topic is Improv Your Employment law! Yes, I’ll be talking about using improv comedy skills to help you handle legal issues as an HR person. I know,
Our new CEO has been at our nonprofit for approximately six months. As the director of HR, the vice presidents and I went to our board with concerns regarding our new leader and his memory issues. He can’t remember the decisions he makes. For instance, he will instruct
Everyone hates HR. Okay, not everyone. We love ourselves – most of the time. But sometimes, we say things that make people hate us, and it’s our own darn fault. Alan Collins, the author of The New HR Leader’s First 100 Days, wrote a post on LinkedIn where he
Presents only go one way in the office. Down. Managers can buy presents for their direct reports, and CEOs are free to hand out bonuses at any time. But employees don’t get presents for their bosses (except in very few cases which I will explain below). October 16 is
Suzanne Somers made a career playing ditzy blondes, but she was anything but dumb. Somers — who died on Sunday, one day short of her 77th birthday — was a household name for years, primarily for her work as an actress but later for her entrepreneurial endeavors as co-owner of the Somers Licensing Co.
Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics and was the first woman in economics to be offered tenure at Harvard. So it’s fitting that the Nobel Prize committee tapped her based on her research about women at work. Just what did Goldin study, and how
You cannot legally have people work for your for-profit company for free. It’s a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Even interns must be paid if they do any work that adds value to the company. And that includes not having people work “trial shifts” for free: a lesson Crumbl Cookies apparently missed.
I have no desire to spend the night in the cab of a truck with a coworker–male or female. But especially not male. As an HR expert, I would strongly caution companies against having men and women share overnight accommodations, even in hotels. Having said that, I can’t condone
So, your boss decided to hire the red flag-filled candidate, and as you predicted, it isn’t going well. While most employment in the United States is technically “at-will,” and the company could just fire the new hire, that’s not generally a practical solution. First of all, it’s unfair to
