Being successful in business is more than just having the right partners, the right business plan, or sufficient funding. It requires COURAGE. Part of courage is the willingness to take the right moral stance in the face of opposition from society, from stakeholders, and even from employees who don’t have all the facts. Courage is…
A Shift in Paid Internships
On January 5, the Department of Labor released new guidelines to allow for unpaid interns to perform some work of benefit to for-profit employers as long as, for the most part, it’s of primary learning benefit to the intern rather than beneficial to employer. This is a huge departure from the past DOL interpretation which…
HR Problems?
HR problems wouldn’t be so hard if it weren’t for the people. If your computer is not performing up to par, depending upon the cause, you can: Sell it; Give it away; Stash it away in the closet; Beat the hard drive to smithereens with a hammer. It may not fix it, but you might…
“Salary” vs “Hourly”
One of the many compensation decisions a business owners have to make is whether to pay non-exempt employees a salary or hourly wage. Salary verses hourly wage is typically an exempt/non-exempt issue, but not always. Business owners may choose either payment model, so it is our intent to point out some of the pros and…
What should you do about Workplace Harassment?
Workplace harassment is in the news, but we (at Executive Advantage) were talking about it way before it became a media explosion. Now, the whole world, it seems, is talking about it at office parties and dinner parties, but at what point are we willing to consider talking to a qualified HR professional about our…
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