The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports receiving more than 73,000 new discrimination claims in their fiscal year 2022—nearly a 20% increase over FY 2021. They also handled 18% more calls and 32% more emails from the public than FY 2021. 1 Whoa. Those are...
Employee Behavior
Turn Off the PING!
One of the best things I’ve ever done for myself (and HR Resolutions) was to turn off my darned notifications—texts, Slack, Teams, email…you name it, it doesn’t ping me. You know why? Because I’m like Pavlov’s dogs with that dang ping. ALL my attention is immediately...
Admit it.
Admit it. You like to hear the horror stories of HR. Don’t worry, I’m the same. I’m constantly watching FaceBook and TikTok for my colleagues to share their moments of misery! Every now and then, though, the good guy really does win. Take the following story as a case...
News at the Speed of Light
Wow – what a ride right now, right? Things are changing almost at the speed of light and it’s tough to keep up. You have your own family to worry about, your employees and their families to worry about and your business and revenue to worry about. I’m sure I’ve missed...
Did You Know – When Love Blooms at the Office, Part 2
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace made several recommendations that we should be sure to consider: Mid-level and Line Managers should be responsible for preventing harassment and it should be included in...
Did You Know – When Love Blooms at the Office!
Did you know you CAN say something when a romance starts off at the workplace? Even if you do not have a fraternization policy, you can still (and should) hold an adult conversation with the new love birds. The conversation can go something like this: Really happy you...