TRAVEL LIGHT: Don't make yourself miserable by lugging around too much stuff. COMFORT FIRST: Ladies, leave the stilettos at home. SPEAK UP: Be sure to steer the conversation toward your needs. Attending a...
Employees must treat pregnant workers as they do other temporarily disabled employees. Running a restaurant with a key person absent is always tough. The challenge is especially daunting when an employee is...
Finding enough good workers has always been a problem. Today, though, employers have reached a tipping point: Anyone needing more help is faced with a nearly dried-up labor pool. "Many employers now find they can't...
WIDE OPEN: Computer networks pose a real threat. BETTER SAFE: Be sure to shred all discarded documents. Computers have made payroll duties fast and efficient. Calculating deductions, printing checks, updating...
WORK ETHIC: All team members, family or not, need to pitch in. CAN WE TALK? Family members should commit to open communication. GIVE AND TAKE: "Outsider" managers are fine, but they need to touch base...
With a growing number of states legalizing same-sex marriage or equivalent domestic unions, human resources departments face the challenge of rewriting personnel policies to adapt to new realities...
NOT LONG AGO many employers looked askance at older workers, figuring they lacked the drive and imagination of their youthful cohorts. And besides, went the reasoning, younger people would work for less money...
