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Activate your approaches to mental health

11/01/2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports heightened stress and anxiety levels. Rather than wait for employees to reach out when problems are severe, HR can be proactive.

The HR I.Q. Test: November ’22

11/01/2022
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

Sexual harassment: This employer did everything right

10/26/2022
Fortunately for the defendant-employer in this case, it had an effective policy and made it available to employees (including the plaintiffs) in various ways.

HR pros want threat management training

10/26/2022
According to a new study, 75% said that due to failing to notify their department in advance, violence occurred when an employee was furloughed or fired. This is why almost all human resources executives say behavioral threat assessment or threat management training is essential for their job.

7 ways to use social media to promote your business

10/25/2022
Say what you want about the destructive effects of social media on attention, attitude and attrition, but LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and even TikTok can promote a business of any size inexpensively and creatively to customers, potential employees and the fellow business community. Here are seven ways to lift the curtain shielding your business. You might be surprised by the applause.

Policy can end pay for unused vacation days

10/25/2022
You cannot withhold unused vacation pay, but there’s a way to get employees to forfeit unused vacation days.

Snapshot: Covid prompts “Great Reflection”

10/25/2022
After 47 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021—a record number, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the departures, or Great Resignations, caused workers to regard their employment differently. Call it The Great Reflection.

One job at a time, please

10/25/2022
Moonlighting, or working a second job, has always existed as a feature of the after-hours workplace. But computers and remote work have brought the temptation to work two or even three jobs into the daylight.

Smile! Your business is on TikTok!

10/25/2022
In an age when virtually every aspect of our lives is potentially captured on camera, employees uploading videos from the office was inevitable, especially if they belong to the “social media generation.” Your policies must encompass these infractions.

California extends covid requirements until 2024

10/20/2022
California’s governor signed Assembly Bill 2693, which amends and extends covid-19 workplace notice requirements until Jan. 1, 2024. Are similar revisions coming to your state?