As a small-business owner, my reputation is extremely important to my success. If you can’t trust me, you certainly aren’t going to hire me to train your employees or speak at your conference. So, I was horrified when recruiting expert and The Robot-Proof Recruiter author Katrina Collier reached out to let me know that
A pre-employment physical exam is pretty standard at many companies, especially in a workplace as physical as a warehouse. So why did the EEOC just settle a lawsuit with Dollar General because of their pre-employment physical exam policy? Because Dollar General asked employees not just about their medical history, but about their family
It’s coming up on the most wonderful time of year … the time when already stressed-out bosses have to come up with presents for their direct reports. Or maybe a party! Or a bonus! It’s difficult to figure out the right approach. Handing out a bottle of wine isn’t
Presents only go one way in the office. Down. Managers can buy presents for their direct reports, and CEOs are free to hand out bonuses at any time. But employees don’t get presents for their bosses (except in very few cases which I will explain below). October 16 is
Suzanne Somers made a career playing ditzy blondes, but she was anything but dumb. Somers — who died on Sunday, one day short of her 77th birthday — was a household name for years, primarily for her work as an actress but later for her entrepreneurial endeavors as co-owner of the Somers Licensing Co.
Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics and was the first woman in economics to be offered tenure at Harvard. So it’s fitting that the Nobel Prize committee tapped her based on her research about women at work. Just what did Goldin study, and how
You cannot legally have people work for your for-profit company for free. It’s a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Even interns must be paid if they do any work that adds value to the company. And that includes not having people work “trial shifts” for free: a lesson Crumbl Cookies apparently missed.
I have no desire to spend the night in the cab of a truck with a coworker–male or female. But especially not male. As an HR expert, I would strongly caution companies against having men and women share overnight accommodations, even in hotels. Having said that, I can’t condone
How many interviews should you conduct with each candidate before making a hiring decision? I’m not a fan of multiple interviews, but when this LinkedIn post caught my eye, my first thought was that it was way too extreme: “Less than two” in-person interviews? That just means one. But I thought about it and
I shouldn’t have to write an article saying “don’t play sexually graphic, violently misogynistic music in the workplace.” That should be a no-brainer for any business owner. Don’t do it. But is it illegal? For something to be considered sexual harassment and therefore illegal, it has to meet three criteria: That the harassment was based
