Xenophobia is the “fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.” Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there have already been numerous reports of people of Chinese descent being discriminated against. Given these unfortunate reports, as well as height...
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many companies to a screeching halt and business owner’s hearts racing, trying to figure out how to keep their workforce employed. Although normal productivity and operations have pivoted dramatically, there are areas of your business that can be fortified during...
There are many things businesses are obliged to consider during this current outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. Some businesses have even shut down voluntarily or been shut down by government decree, while others remain open. For those businesses that remain open, ther...
The policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and job descriptions are the internal guidance system of your company. Operating a business without policies, SOPs, and job descriptions is like attempting to play a new board game without reading the rule book first, leading to confusion, conflict, an...
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the United States, employers may be concerned about how it will affect them. Two areas of concern are what to do on a day-to-day basis to lessen the risk of infection and whether and how to implement a new work-from-home policy. CDC Recommendations...
Dress codes are one of those company standards that are never easy to deal with and seem to get more complicated every day. Terms like “business casual,” or “office casual,” leave room to each employee’s interpretation making it tough to deem what’s inappropriate without it...
Misuse of drugs and alcohol is often a cause of accident and injury, which is why employers test their applicants and those already employed. Drug and alcohol abuse impair a person’s ability to perform even the basic, day-to-day tasks. This results in reduced productivity, increased risks of accident an...
On February 25, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on what constitutes a joint employer. The new rule restricts the definition of joint employers to those that “share or codetermine” the conditions of an employee’s employment. This new rule is intended to “fo...
Emotions are a large part of being a human, and you can’t just leave them at the door when you enter the workplace. In your personal life, your reaction to a change of plans might be to yell, blame, and criticize. But at work, these types of behavior can damage coworker relationships, morale, and...
Three recent studies agree that millennial workers defy the stereotypes about them that have gained so much media attention. The studies, commissioned by Zapier, Udemy, and Bank of America, show that millennials are loyal to their employers, practice good money management habits, and are far from lazy a...
A significant issue facing the United States is the number of people who have criminal records and the fact that most employers aren’t willing to hire them. It makes sense that organizations want to protect their employees from dangerous people. But the truth is, there are many people with felony...
One of the most exciting ways the internet has changed the workplace is that it has decentralized it, making it easier than ever for people to work remotely. This is good news for everyone. For workers, it means getting to finally take advantage of all the benefits remote work has to offer, and for empl...
