A new report from Upwork, a freelancing website, found that while nearly two-thirds of companies have remote workers, less than half have a telecommuting policy. This actually makes sense, because a lot of the time telecommuting start informally. Someone asks if they can work from home for a period of time,
Having a baby changes everything. No, really it does. Even how employees use health insurance. Your organization can take steps to help new parents navigate insurance for newborns. Here are some considerations to keep in mind as employees recalibrate their health care plan. Maternity Care Newborns are certainly
If you underpaid an employee by $608, how much should you have to pay to rectify the mistake? $608? $1216 to punish you for making the error? Both those things seem somewhat reasonable and, indeed, Precision Demolition paid the defendant twice his actual lost wages. But, they also had to
So, the Evil Family is moving. We’re just moving to a different suburb of Basel, but it means a change in town. In the US, you pack up and you move. You change your driver’s license address and your car registration and all that jazz, but there’s no
Earlier this week, I was on the Hostile Work Environment Podcast, which is an awesome podcast that you should all listen to. It’s funny and informative, and they owe me $1000 or something. (Joking.) We were officially discussing this post, My Co-Worker Gave Me a $1000 Present, but
Do you have $500 you could access for an emergency? If you do, you’re in the minority of Americans. According to a 2017 Bankrate survey, 59 percent of us don’t have $500 to cover an emergency. The problem is, savings or not, emergencies happen. Car accidents, broken furnaces, or an emergency
When my daughter was in first grade, she came home complaining about a girl who bullied her. I went to the teacher and explained and asked that she keep an eye on the situation. A few days later the teacher reported that my daughter was mistaken–there was no bad behavior.
Equifax, Target and Yahoo each suffered a massive data security breach that made their customers vulnerable. While you may think you are safe because your customer data isn’t nearly as interesting as these giant corporations, nothing could be farther from the truth. Hackers love small businesses because they tend to be
In August, Google fired engineer James Damore for an internal memo he wrote which questioned the role of biology in career choice. He wondered if the reason there were fewer women in tech than one might expect had more to do with innate differences between men and women than with discrimination, and,
The new year has arrived. So, what employee benefits trends can we expect to see in 2018? Here are five that may impact your business. 1. Tax Reform The new tax bill will likely change a lot about your company’s finances. How businesses choose to respond to this
