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Back to Business Series Being an employer has always been complex. Navigating the legal nuances. Optimizing your workforce. Holding employees accountable. Building your business, your brand, and driving employee engagement. And then, COVID-19. COVID-19 has changed our world forever. While the workplace is only one of the aspects that have been impacted, the impact has…
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Back to Business Series Being an employer has always been complex. Navigating the legal nuances. Optimizing your workforce. Holding employees accountable. Building your business, your brand, and driving employee engagement. And then, COVID-19. COVID-19 has changed our world forever. While the workplace is only one of the aspects that have been impacted, the impact has…
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Think drug and alcohol testing just means an occasional urine sample? Think again. The situations businesses actually find themselves facing when it comes to substance testing are surprisingly complex. If you can imagine it, it’s happened. Even if you can’t imagine it, it probably still has happened. I’ve seen it, and I know. For more…
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As the end of the year rapidly approaches and the new year looms larger, this is an ideal time to take steps that will allow your business to move smoothly into the upcoming year. Now is an ideal time to complete last year’s tasks, tie up loose ends, set new goals, and launch into the…
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Why Employers Should Employ Mature Workers Is age discrimination a real thing? And if so, how should people in the workplace address it? As an HR professional, I often hear this question from job seekers, but it is something that employers and HR professionals should consider carefully as well. Once an employer has at least…
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With summer in full swing and the holidays soon approaching, now is a perfect time for both employers and employees to coordinate time off requests. Handling time off appropriately enables everyone to benefit from needed rest and family time without causing undue stress for the company. Of course, time off requests have some pitfalls to…
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, the United States is facing an opioid overdose epidemic. Deaths due to opioids quadrupled between 2000 and 2014. At least half of these deaths were due to prescription opioids.
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Early in my career, I heard a phrase spoken by a family court judge that has stuck with me throughout my professional career. While he was speaking about matters that had been brought to him in court, I’ve found the saying to be just as applicable to situations I’ve seen in the workplace by being…
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I’ve spent the last decade and a half working in human resources and as a result, have seen and experienced things that many others aren’t always privy to in the workplace. When it comes to dealing with people, it can be fascinating, frustrating, fulfilling, frenzied and fantastic all at the same time. And while most…
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If you know me, you’ll know I’m not much of a pet person….ok, yes, we have a dog in our home but it belonged to my husband and his kids first. And in all fairness she is only six pounds and doesn’t tend to be much work. I’m allergic to most cats and dogs and…
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