You may want to save money on business travel, but please, do not ask your employees to share beds under any circumstances other than a major natural disaster that severely limits available hotel rooms. A TikToker recently reported that her company gave employees the option to share beds with coworkers on a trip. According to
Home Depot has had a rough year. Last June, the company had to pay $72.5 million to compensate employees who were done working but had to wait for a manager to unlock the doors. And now? The National Labor Relations Board ruled that they had to allow an employee to write “BLM” (for Black Lives
DEI. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. Today, many organizations want a strong DEI program to help bring people together and demonstrate that they accept people of all cultures. But the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society recently forgot what those words “diversity, equity, and inclusion” mean — to their detriment. It’s a valuable lesson for how
I’m watching a smallish business in its death throes. There are about 50 employees, and I thought they might be able to turn it around, but the entire production team resigned, one after another. I don’t know if they will be able to persuade a couple to stay
On February 14 we celebrate love in the name of St. Valentine, who was beaten, stoned, and decapitated because of his support of marriage. So, basically, it’s always been a bummer of a holiday, which brings us to divorce. Here are, according to a 5-year study, are the professions most prone
One week ago, a New York City-based copywriter named Lauren Baer posted on LinkedIn saying that she had recently withdrawn her candidacy from a job. She loved the company. She was a strong candidate. So what went wrong? In the post, Baer explained precisely why she said enough is enough — and her
A company credit card can remove a lot of administrative hassle when reimbursing employees for company purchases and travel. But just what are your employees doing with their company cards? Upgraded Points, a travel site that focuses on strategies for maximizing rewards and travel perks, recently looked at how employees use company credit cards. Here’s
Tom Hollander has earned a pretty penny in films and shows like Pride and Prejudice and the recent hit White Lotus, but nothing near Spider-Man‘s Tom Holland. So when he got a seven-figure check meant for the similarly named star, he had to give it back. This is a payroll mistake of epic proportions, and even
During the Cabbage Patch Craze of 1983, I wanted one for Christmas, as did every other little girl. I did not get one, but my cousin “Geraldine” did because her mom was a department store manager. (Even though the statute of limitations on policy-violating toy purchases from 1983 has
“Terrible decision, insensitive, and selfish” aren’t words leaders should ever need to say. But those were the words that Kyte Baby founder Ying Liu used to describe her own behavior after the company terminated an employee named Marissa Hughes. What happened does seem terrible, insensitive, and selfish, but it was also 100 percent legal.
