At the start of 2022, many U.S. employees will have slightly heavier pockets: many states are raising their minimum wage. (Note that some states and localities are planning minimum wage increases at different times during 2022.) Several states are moving toward a living wage standard, while others are simply implementing annual cost-of-living adjustments. If […]
If you’re not careful—and prepared—you may walk into the office one day to find that a computer has taken your place. After all, much of the work that human resources (HR) do involve shuffling papers and entering data, and computers can do that better than people. So, should you be afraid of HR automation? No! […]
In the last year, it’s seemed as if the only ones who didn’t need time to adjust to working from home were our dogs. If you’re a manager who’s trying to navigate a remote workforce, you might be struggling to motivate your teams, keep everyone connected, and be effective at managing remote employees. You can’t […]
Just what are your employees doing all day? Are they slacking off, scrolling through Facebook, or stepping away to do chores while they’re supposed to be on the clock? When you were in the office, you could keep an eye on your reports and actively manage their workloads. But since the coronavirus pandemic forced a […]
A challenge is an opportunity to push yourself further to see what you can achieve, to see how resilient you are, and to prove your character. You don’t have to wait for a challenge to present itself, you can seek out challenges to test your mettle. We often call these sorts of challenges “goals,” but […]
Distractions, dawdling, daydreaming and dithering. There are plenty of reasons why people put off doing what they should. It’s one thing when they do it on their own time, but at work, it represents a significant cost to the employer. Here are a few tips to boost productivity at the workplace. 1. Set the thermostat at […]
The workforce today is more diverse than ever—the most noticeable being employee age gaps. This new normal, the multi-generational workforce, requires special considerations for project leaders managing and motivating such diverse teams. Pew Research has noted certain characteristics, values, and sensitivities shared by workers of the five main generations and a newly recognized micro-generation. The […]
Millennials—those born between 1983 and 2000—represent one-quarter of the entire U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2016, the Pew Research Center reported that millennial workers became the largest segment, by age, in the workplace. And, by 2030, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that millennial employees will make up 75 percent […]
For more information about Texas, employer obligations visit Texas labor law posting requirements. Although some states, like California and New York, have strict requirements for employers to provide meal and rest breaks, Texas is not one of them. Under Texas law, there is no requirement for an employer to provide a meal period or […]
Whether an employer permits its employees to have meal breaks and rest breaks is largely within the employer’s discretion. While some states, like California and New York, have strict requirements for employers to provide meal and rest breaks, Pennsylvania is not one of them. Under Pennsylvania law, there is no requirement for an employer […]
The Fair Chance Act seeks to give ex-offenders released from prison and those with a past criminal conviction a better chance of obtaining employment with federal contractors and federal agencies by deferring any inquiry into a job applicant’s criminal history until a conditional job offer is extended. This follows a trend of “ban the box” […]
One issue raised by the coronavirus (COVID-19) is whether an employee who must self-isolate must be paid. Although there is no federal paid sick leave law, 11 states require paid sick leave, including most recently Rhode Island. In the event of a public health emergency, regardless of whether a business or a school or […]