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The Rise of Incivility at Work
October 10, 2024
This is the age of DEI and an emphasis on the importance of developing and maintaining a healthy workplace culture, yet workplace incivility—disrespect, insensitivity, and rudeness among those we interact with at work—is on the rise according to numerous employee polls. Read more...
HR Metrics
September 24, 2024
HR metrics are data- and statistics-driven measures of the effectiveness of initiatives and activities that fall under the purview of Human Resources. Read more...
Avoiding Political Conflict in the Workplace
September 5, 2024
When managers, supervisors, or coworkers differ politically, especially at a time when the country is so politically divided and a major election is approaching, tensions can rise and sparks can fly between people who are passionate about their beliefs, allegiances, and candidates. Read more...
The Class Ceiling
August 19, 2024
While employers and HR professionals have made great progress in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion in recent years, there’s an area in which DEI efforts have been lacking: social class. Read more...
The Neurodiverse Workplace
July 24, 2024
The term neurodiversity was coined twenty-five years ago to further the acceptance of autism as a natural variation in the way people’s brains process information, sensory perception, and social interaction. Read more...
Overtime Rule Changes on July 1, 2024 (Or Does It?)
July 8, 2024
The (FLSA) requires that when most U.S. employees work more than a 40-hour work week, they get paid more. Read more...
The Benefits of Shift Swapping
June 12, 2024
“Shift swapping” is simply the practice of allowing hourly employees to trade regular work shifts with one another... Read more...
Ethics at Work
May 30, 2024
We’re all presented with ethical choices—that is, those that require us to think about right and wrong—all the time in the course of doing our jobs. ... Read more...
Employee Marijuana Use and the Workplace
May 13, 2024
The federal government still considers marijuana a federally banned substance, but thirty-eight states have legalized it for medical use and twenty-four have legalized it for recreational use.. Read more...
Earth Day: An Opportunity to Help the Planet and Your Organization
April 18, 2024
Every April 22nd since 1970 we have come together as individuals and organizations to celebrate Earth Day and acknowledge our shared responsibility for the quality of our environment. Read more...
Is Paid Family Leave in Our Future?
April 10, 2024
While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires U.S. employers (with at least fifty employees) to allow their employees to take up to twelve weeks off, it doesn’t pay them while they do so, and many can’t afford to take advantage of it. Read more...
EEOC Update: The Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) Fiscal Years 2024–2028
March 25, 2024
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced its new Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2024 through 2028. Read more...
Women’s History Month Celebrates DEI in 2024 March 2024
March 11, 2024
Each March since 1995, by presidential proclamation, we’ve highlighted the often unsung contributions of women over the course of U.S. history during Women’s History Month. Read more...
Workplace Violence–Prevention Training: Are California State Mandates a Sign of Things to Come?
February 23, 2024
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, defines workplace violence as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site.” Read more...
Celebrate Black History Month at Work
February 12, 2024
Black History Month is an important annual observance that recognizes African American history and achievement. Read more...
“Proximity Bias”: It’s a Problem
January 24, 2024
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 27 percent of U.S. employees currently work from home. Read more...
New EEOC Harassment Guidelines Coming in 2024
January 17, 2024
It’s hard to believe, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hasn’t updated its enforcement guidance on workplace harassment since 1999. Read more...
Fostering Civility
December 27, 2023
The word “civility,” from the Latin for “citizen,” simply means being courteous, or polite. Read more...
Supporting Employee Mental Health During the Holiday Season
December 15, 2023
The Thanksgiving-through-New-Year’s holiday season, portrayed in the media as simply a joyful time of family gatherings and celebration, can also be, for many, one of stressful social expectations, financial strain, and perhaps even feelings of loneliness and letdown. Read more...
Is a Shorter Work Week in Our Future?
November 30, 2023
While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought remote working into the mainstream, the need for “work-life balance” is something American workers have long taken for granted, Read more...
Improve Your Office Day
October 3, 2023
Improve Your Office Day, celebrated annually on October 4, has rather obscure origins, but the day continues to be a helpful reminder for individuals and organizations to take stock of their work environments and make some positive changes. Read more...
National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 20, 2023
National Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration of Latino culture held from September 15 to October 15 in the United States every year since 1988. Read more...
Celebrate Labor Day!
September 4, 2023
The perfect time for organizations to acknowledge the hard work of their employees is Labor Day, the first Monday in September. Read more...
Women's Equity Day!
August 21, 2023
Since 1971, when Congress designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day, an annual commemoration of the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. Read more...
The New Meaning of "Office Politics"
August 14, 2023
Let’s face it, we’re living in politically fraught, divisive, and often volatile times. Read more...
National Black Business Month
August 7, 2023
At a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that “from Reconstruction, to Jim Crow, to the present day, our economy has never worked fairly for Black Americans. Read more...
Working From Home: Employees and Childcare
July 20, 2023
Juggling work and family is always challenging, but doing it in the same space is especially so. Read more...
Generative AI: What Does It Mean for HR?
July 10, 2023
HR professionals are both excited and concerned about the advances in “generative artificial intelligence” (generative AI), especially the recently released chatbots ChatGPT, Bard, Jasper, and others. How could these futuristic tools impact their jobs and their industry? Read more...
Celebrating Juneteenth in the Workplace
June 14, 2023
In 2021, Juneteenth, a long-celebrated commemoration of the June 19, 1865, order to emancipate enslaved African Americans in Texas, became a national holiday. In 2023, it occurs on Monday June 19. Read more...
It’s Pride Month!
June 1, 2023
The month of June is LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Pride Month, or, simply, Pride, a time to celebrate this diverse and vibrant community with parades, concerts, and educational events. Read more...
Empathy at Work
April 3, 2023
Empathy—the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes and understand how they feel on an emotional level—is an important component of an emotionally intelligent and psychologically safe workplace that encourages communication and cooperation, conflict management, healthy bystander intervention, and inclusion. Read more...
The Power of Pronouns
March 1, 2023
More and more, our increasingly diverse organizations strive to attain work environments that are inclusive, empathetic, and psychologically safe. Read more...
Compliance Management
February 1, 2023
“Compliance” refers to an organization meeting its legal obligations, that is, obeying the laws and regulations that mandate how it manages its business, staff, and treatment of its customers. Read more...
Psychological Safety and Harassment Prevention
January 3, 2023
“Psychological safety” means having confidence that expressing your concerns, sharing your ideas, and thinking out of the box at work won’t result in negative consequences. Read more...
HR and Social Media
December 1, 2022
Social media has become integral to so many aspects of our daily lives, and integrating our working lives into the mix is a natural progression. Read more...
Having a Remote and Hybrid Work Policy
November 1, 2022
Organization policy for remote and hybrid (remote/onsite) work is an essential tool that promotes equity across an organization and increases productivity. Read more...
Upskilling and Reskilling
October 1, 2022
Upskilling and reskilling are ways that organizations train and educate both employees and leadership. Read more...