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Got a Vice? There Soon Will Be a Hefty Tax on Anything Fun
Announcement: All things fun and bad for you will soon have a direct and/or indirect consequence. In anticipation of the employer response to recently passed healthcare reform, I think behooves us all to look forward as to how it will impact the working people of the US. For those of us fortunate to have great [...]
How to Be Inappropriate at Work During the Holiday Season….
Since I’ve encountered so many random indescribable things that have occurred in the wake of the holiday season, I thought I’d give a short list of things that are definitely not acceptable, but if you don’t really need your job…go for it! 1. Walking around with mistletoe and offering it to your opposite-sex colleagues. This [...]
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Soft?
Andy Stern, President of the SEIU, might be changing his tune to the kindler, gentler approach. Mr. Stern has been quoted as saying with regard to his union’s strategy, “We like to say: We use the power of persuasion first. If it doesn’t work, we try the persuasion of power.” Whether employers see this as [...]
Social Media is Not Just for Recruiters
In speaking with colleagues and other HR professionals at various networking functions, it abundantly clear that many HR professionals outside of recruitment don’t seem to find value in social media. I explain to them that I use social media to help me do my job better, which in turn helps the organization that I serve. [...]
Exploding Policies
Currently, I’m working on developing a best practices model for the no-fault attendance policy. Rather than edit an already confusing policy, I’d like to start from scratch. As you know, no-fault policies would mean that employees who are out for any non-FMLA or pre-approved absences count against them in the attendance policy. This policy is [...]
Wake Up and Pay Attention
With the highly publicized case of workplace violence at Yale University, many employers are reassessing their practices and trying to determine what could have been done differently. Background checks, personality profiles, while good for screening candidates, often do little to prevent problems from occurring in the future. Besides, we know that folks answers personality profiles [...]
Yes, I Still Have an Opinion…
Despite taking a break from blogging due to some minor medical issues (I’m fine), I still manage to find myself having an opinion on just about everything. I will be resuming blogging…when the holiday weekend is over. You might get lucky with some inspiration out of nowhere prior to Tuesday, but don’t count on it. [...]
Entitlement Society
According to Wikipedia, the “middle class” is the group of people in contemporary society who are between the working class and upper class. This socioeconomic class includes professionals, highly skilled workers, and lower and middle management. Recently, politicians, labor leaders, and many American citizens have begun to speak out against the shrinking middle class. But [...]
Faking It
No, this isn’t what you think I’m talking about so get your mind out of the gutter. Today on CNN, there was a great video clip about faking job happiness in this economy. There’s a lot to be taken from this video clip, as it truly is deeper than its seemingly obvious message. I always [...]
Just Showing Up
I can’t understand for the life of me why there are still people in this economy who show up to work whenever they feel like it. Woody Allen once said that 80% of success is showing up. This is something I whole heartedly agree with, but I would make a small modification. Eighty percent of [...]
