October 1, 2013
One Employer's Perspective (mine) on the Affordable Health Care Act Within my own company, a small business of less than 20 employees, my stance as a co-founder has always been that we will do as
September 26, 2013
“Winning in Overtime,” and Paying For It, Too Dear Mr. Edwards, I recently read your article “Winning in Overtime” in the August Issue of Dental Economics. I have been working in the Human
September 5, 2013
SendGrid, Applebee’s & the NLRB: Oh My! Last week, a story in the HR news caught my eye: SendGrid, a tech company, is feeling heat for firing a female employee because she tweeted a
September 5, 2013
Smelly Smokers & Your Rights as an Employer “I need your help. I have an employee who smokes – a lot. She comes to work every day smelling horrible and takes frequent smoke breaks every few
September 5, 2013
Treading Softly around Maternity Leave I have a pregnant employee who works two days per week, and has been with the company for less than a year. Last week, she approached me to let me know that
September 5, 2013
What to Do? Employee Keeps Saying “No” to Going the Extra Mile How do I handle an employee that always says no to going the extra mile? She always says she has something personal like her kids or
September 5, 2013
The Riddle of Overtime: Hourly vs. Regular Rate of Pay Before we start: We promised to keep our blogs short and entertaining. This one is neither. I've never worked with an employer who doesn’t
September 5, 2013
To Bonus, or not to Bonus? I was talking about staff raises with several colleagues the other day, and one of them mentioned an alternative approach that he uses in his practice. Instead of giving
September 5, 2013
The Happy Secret to a Better Work Life If you’re like most people, you think that happiness comes from success. The more successful you are at work, the happier you are. But what if it’s the
September 3, 2013
No Unicorns Needed: A Generation Y Counter-Study I hate unicorns and the rainbows they fly in on. Why this is relevant will only be discovered by reading on... In an article we found on The
