Meal Break Abuse – Is It Okay to Dock Pay?

By Daniel Kaplan How many readers have confronted the following scenario: Employer provides a paid meal break to its employees (for ease of application, we are going to suggest the paid meal break is 30 minutes in length); Employees are relieved of all work duties and responsibilities during the break; Employees are free to leave […]

Keep the Human in HR

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This is a guest post by Ira S. Wolfe, president of Success Performance Solutions. To learn more, please join us on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 CDT for a Live Webinar with Ira S. Wolfe (Keeping the Human in HR – There’s No App for That!) This webinar is valid for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP […]

Top 4 Reasons Why People Gossip at Work

Two young employees gossip about their colleague in the office

This is a guest post by Kris Boesch, CEO, and Founder of Choose People, a company that transforms company cultures, increases employee happiness and boosts the bottom-line. She is also the author of Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace. Kris has been featured as a workplace culture expert in Inc., Entrepreneur and […]

Making Career Development a Habit

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This is a guest post by Julie Winkle Giulioni, one of Inc. Magazines top 100 leadership speakers. She is also the co-author of the bestseller, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go. To learn more about developing and retaining your talent, please join us on Tuesday, April 9th for a Live Webinar where Julie will […]

Is Using a Subcontractor Putting You at Risk?

This is a guest post by Connie Wendt, VP of Compliance and Relations at ClearPath Workforce Management. To learn more about mitigating your risk, please join us on Tuesday, January 15th  12:00 pm CST / 1:00pm EST for a 1-hour live webinar where Connie will share her vast knowledge on the subject. This event will […]