Tag: Legal Compliance
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Can Employees Volunteer to Work for Free?
Recently someone asked me about allowing employees to volunteer for free instead of being paid. I wanted to answer that more fully here because it might be something you have run into or might be considering in your own business. For starters, here’s the DOL ruling on that. Let’s break it down and look at two broad…
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Why I Don’t Believe in Parental Leave Requirements
My friend Lance Haun wrote last week about why he thinks we should fight for legislating parental leave in the US. I don’t know that I’ve ironed out my point of view 100%, but I don’t know that I agree with him at this point. Remember, this is a dialogue, not a requirement to conform. :-) So, as…
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The Affordable Care Act: Something to Appreciate
If you’re an in-the-trenches HR pro, the Affordable Care Act has brought multiple emotions to bear: frustration, worry, and more. I know exactly how it feels, but I have also come to appreciate a particular side effect of the law. The “good old days” Five or ten years ago, the benefits administrator for a fully…
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Hostile Work Environment? A Common Misconception
Friend: My boss is kind of a jerk, and he’s breaking the law. Me: Really? How? Friend: He makes this place a hostile work environment. Me: So he’s discriminating against others illegally? Friend: Well, no, but he makes it uncomfortable to work there. He’s unpleasant, angry, and unpredictable. I had this exchange with a good…
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Workplace Flexibility: What’s Changing (and What’s Not) #shrmtalent #workflex
Earlier today the latest workplace flexibility research from the Families and Work Institute and SHRM came out, and there were some very interesting data points in the study. A few quick hits from the 2014 National Study of Employers (link to the full study below): The presence of women/minorities impacts offerings: Organizations with more women and…
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Employee Leave Management-It’s a Manager’s Game
Yesterday I attended day one of the Alabama SHRM Conference. The pre-con session on employee leave management was an interesting one for me, and I quickly saw three key areas where many companies can trip up if managers are not properly prepared. Just a word of warning–none of them are a quick fix. They require…
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Culture as a Type of Hiring Discrimination (Video)
Today I’m going to dispel the myth that culture is a form of hiring discrimination. Well, I’ll actually prove that it’s true, but in a different way than most people would expect. I use culture to discriminate against candidates  in every interview for every job we post. I look at how we do things, what…