After a glorious month in the United States of America, we arrived back in Switzerland yesterday, where we ate everything, saw tons of relatives and friends, and drove, drove, and drove. I don’t own a car, and because we live right in the center of Basel, Switzerland (we’re
The Great Resignation continues to march on through American businesses and will most likely strike your business. However, the hope is that you can use this to recruit fabulous new people while focusing on retaining your top talent at the same time. That means you need to focus on
Deciding to require Covid-19 vaccines for all your employees isn’t an easy thing to do. While the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) says clearly that you can make the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory (with exceptions, discussed below), and the courts have upheld this, it’s not as easy as telling people to get
Should your employees be in the office or work from home? This is a question many businesses are tackling right now, and LinkedIn has the answer: Yes. Rather than fret about what everyone should do, LinkedIn CEO, Ryan Roslansky, announced that LinkedIn’s new policy was that they would trust people to work
If you look at headlines, you’d think that the number one reason unemployed people turn down jobs is that they are getting massive unemployment payments. For example, Poll: 1.8 million Americans have turned down jobs due to unemployment benefits and ‘The Rundown’: Millions of Americans turned down jobs because of increased unemployment
Business Acumen and the Structure of the HR Function Thursday, July 29th, 2021 Time: 2:00-3:00 pm Central Time Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7171710144211993101?source=ehrl Description: Webinar for 1 Hour of SHRM and 1 Hour of HRCI (Pending) Business Credit This presentation teaches HR professionals the structure of HR and its strategic role
I’m fully vaccinated, but to get on a plane in Europe to come to the United States for a combination business trip and family vacation, I still had to jump through hoops. If your business is ready to start doing business travel again, you need to prep your
I have a few questions regarding vacation time for exempt employees. I recently submitted 40 hours of vacation time that my boss approved. During my vacation, I received a lot of requests for various tasks that my boss needed. He sent requests via email, texts, and on Teams. So during my vacation, I spent time researching
Endometriosis used to be called the “Career Woman’s Disease,” but it turns out that what it is is a career damaging disease. A study in Finland found that women with endometriosis took 10 more sick days and 10 more disability days (the U.S. doesn’t really have something similar) than their non-afflicted counterparts.
In some cases, this makes perfect sense, and in some cases, it does not. Here’s what you need to know when making a decision on whether or not to outsource recruitment. What is recruitment outsourcing? Outsourcing is hiring someone outside of the company to do a task. This
