Best Practices for Helping Employees Who Suffer from Addiction
According to research, nearly 50% of companies reported that alcohol abuse was present among their employees and that around 32% of their employees were addicted to prescription drugs.
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Attract and Retain Talent by Building a Performance Culture
Attracting top talent and building a high-performing culture are the most important elements in a company’s success. High-potential employees need to be challenged to learn, grow, and use their “superpowers” to propel your business forward. To do that, they need a framework and a culture that reinforces why performance matters.
3 Key Elements to Create an Innovative Culture at Your Company
“Innovation” has become one of the most important buzzwords in 21st-century business. Every company wants to be an “innovative” company nowadays. But just as with so many other buzzwords, sometimes a trend becomes so popular that it almost becomes meaningless.
Burnout Crisis: Why Companies Should Invest in Wellness Programs Now More Than Ever
It’s no secret that the modern workforce is plagued by high levels of employee stress and burnout. According to the American Institute of Stress, an alarming 94% of the American workforce experienced workplace stress in 2019.
Have You Been Taken Advantage of at Work?
Remember when that coworker asked you to do a little bit of work for him when he went on vacation? It was nice of you to do that. But then, he never returned the favor. If that sounds familiar to you, you are not alone. In fact, 77% of workers feel like they have been […]
How Office Setups Affect an Employee’s Productivity and Motivation
Creating an effective and productive work space is essential to increasing employee engagement. Whether your company has 5 or 500 employees, company culture is becoming increasingly important to applicants when they are looking for a job.
What Is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) generally refers to the use of ERP processes and/or software to handle some or all of an organization’s system, process, and planning requirements. It’s basically a high-level business management system. When talking about an ERP, usually someone is referencing a specific ERP software, often classified as business management software, that consists […]
Why the Parent-Child Dynamic Between Leaders and Employees Does Not Work
Imagine a leader who says, “I’ve done the thinking; now you do the work.” Does that sound familiar? That’s the epitome of the parent-child dynamic that still pervades the workforce. I recently spoke to an expert about that dynamic, why it’s not working very well, and what works better.
Checklist: What to do When an Employee Dies
Dentons Davis Brown Whether an employee dies suddenly or succumbs to a long battle with illness, the result is the same: A tremendous feeling of loss and sadness for his or her coworkers and a need for the business to go on.
How to Prepare the Workplace for Flu Season
The arrival of cooler temperatures signals the coming of fall—and the coming of flu season. No one likes to feel sick, but employers face the added burden of illnesses spreading throughout the organization, which amplifies and prolongs the problem and increases the amount of productivity lost to illness each season.