Criminal Past Less a Predictor for Workplace Futures
At Nutrition Solutions, most employees are formerly convicted felons. Not exactly the type of employee one would expect to find at a trendy lifestyle meal preparation company. But then again, founder...
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Do You Know What to Do if ICE Shows Up at Your Business?
Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 700 immigrants as part of a series of raids at work sites throughout Mississippi. The raids are part of the Trump...
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New Study Says Age Discrimination Remains a Persistent Issue for Employers
Insurance company Hiscox just released its 2019 Ageism in the Workplace Study [pdf], which revealed some sobering statistics about the growing problem of age discrimination for American employers. The...
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Predictive Scheduling Laws: What Are They, Where Do They Exist and Employers’...
Over the past five years, the United States has seen a wave of new laws aimed at providing employees with more predictable work schedules. Ari Hersher These predictive scheduling laws are meant to...
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Why ‘Ban the Box’ Doesn’t Work for Employers or Employees
Listen this clip from Ear Hustle (a podcast about “the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration”), and then let’s chat about...
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Remote Employees: Out of Sight, Out of Their Minds?
Working remotely can take a toll on employees who can feel isolated as if alone on an island. Barbara Fisher recalled a time one of her remote workers traveled to Hawaii yet called in to four meetings...
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Technology and the Talent Shortage
Little seems to have changed in the past year for the staffing industry. There is still more demand for talent than there is supply, the gap continues to widen, and there is no end to both complex...
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HR History: Beware! Baby Boomers Ahead!
The workplace has changed a lot since 1922. That year The Journal of Personnel Research debuted, rebranded later as Personnel Journal and finally Workforce. Now in our 97th year, we take a look back at...
View ArticleHourly Worker Burnout Is a Major Problem. Stop Overlooking It.
When you hear the word “burnout” in the context of the workforce, a specific image comes to mind. You might picture a lawyer or consultant logging 80 hours a week and managing high-intensity clients,...
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Interpreting and Improving Performance Reviews of Multicultural Employees
Have you ever encountered a performance review in which a manager criticizes a behavior that’s tied to an employee’s cultural norms rather than to performance issues? As more multicultural employees...
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Optimas 2019 General Excellence Winner: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Each year during Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Student Poster Symposium, interns make posters representing the work they’ve accomplished during their tenure at the Bay Area federal research...
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2019 Optimas Award Winners for Managing Change
The Managing Change award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated adaptability and agility in successfully developing a program in response to the changing business environment. Here are the...
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2019 Optimas Award Winners for Partnership
The Partnership award recognizes organizations that have developed or implemented a program in partnership with another constituency, either within the organization or outside of it. Here are the...
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The 18th Nominee for the Worst Employer of 2019 Is … the Fecal Loving...
Kari Phillips did not feel well when she awoke prior to her shift at a McDonald’s in Oregon City, Oregon. She called the restaurant to request that someone cover her shift because of her stomach...
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Getting Schooled on Diversity
As the 21st century dawned, enrollment in university MBA programs was a virtual rainbow of diversity. In the early 2000s, MBA graduates were comprised of 36.2 percent people of color and 40.7 percent...
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A Pox on Ban the Box
I am a podcast fanatic. It’s the best way to spend time on my daily commute and to fill the speakers of my car stereo, I have an unending list of podcasts to which I subscribe. They run the gamut from...
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Federal Fair Workweek Legislation Remains Elusive
American hourly paid workers continue to seek more stable scheduling practices and fair pay. As a result, national movements promoting worker rights — such as the Fight for $15, which advocates for...
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People Moves: November 2019
Kori S. Carew Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP has named Kori S. Carew as chief inclusion and diversity officer. In this newly created role, Carew is responsible for advancing Seyfarth’s in clusion and...
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Sector Report: Relocation Moving to Benefit Status
If you can’t fill critical roles through new hires, why not recruit for them internally? It is a question that many companies are pondering as they consider their global talent gaps, and it is driving...
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