Nobody wants to work anymore. It’s the rallying cry of business owners, recruiters:, and cranky people who aren’t getting the coffee fast enough at Starbucks. But, it’s not at all new. Gen X may complain that Gen Z doesn’t want to work (and if that’s the case, they
If you’ve been regularly testing your employees for Covid over the past two plus years, you have done so under the guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC updated their Frequently Asked Questions about workplace Covid testing on July 12. There are some subtle, but significant,
So many people want to work from home as it makes life easier. But what if it’s not making life easier? What if it’s making life more challenging? To be 100% upfront and transparent, I’ve worked at home exclusively for the past 13 years. I have no plans
Business Coach David Wanounou made a bold proclamation on LinkedIn: If you’re an employee, asking for a 3-week vacation ain’t the best idea. Because those 3 weeks will show the company that they can manage without you. So better ask for less. He’s not wrong, but he’s not right either.
I thought we were a pretty apolitical office right up until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now it seems like everyone is a political activist, and feelings are hurt. Is there any way to reduce the political tension in the office? To read my answer, click
Employees who worked at home during the pandemic shutdowns seem loath to come back to the office. At the same time, companies want people to come back. The Pew Research Foundation found that 61 percent of the people working from home were doing so by choice–not because there wasn’t an
I am quite confident in saying I am an HR expert. I am also quite confident in saying that I don’t know everything about HR. These two things are not contradictions. Anyone who claims to know everything about any specialty as broad as HR doesn’t know enough to
I had the chance to appear with Peter List, editor of Union Labor News, to talk about work. I’m not a labor expert as Peter is, but we had a good conversation anyway! Click here to listen or download on your favorite podcast app. Or your least favorite
In the US, you should not include your own picture on your resume or application. We like to pretend no one will discriminate based on race, gender, weight, or bad dye job, if we don’t have pictures on our resumes. Then we all put links to our LinkedIn
I’m tired of having people get unemployment benefits when I fired them for being bad employees. Stealing, lying and coming in late — it doesn’t seem to matter. What can I do to make sure people don’t get unemployment payments? Can I document better? To read my answer,
