To celebrate Labor Day 2022, the US Department of Labor (DOL) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been moving forward with their agenda to assist employees in unionizing and partnering with the Small Business Association to train employers in how to support these issues. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman commented, and rightly so, “Building…
Balancing HR Compliance with Performance in 2021
HR can be a balancing act, and particularly so, when we’re balancing compliance (what the government says we have to do) with performance (what makes for a better working team), and, added into that, the challenges of what may be a less pro-employer administration in the midst of Covid. To help you more effectively navigate…
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PAST EVENT. For more information about upcoming events please join our newsletter. An interactive training on Respect, Inclusion, and Preventing Workplace Harassment. If you’re a business owner, HR person or have management responsibility, then join us for a workshop on respect, inclusion, and preventing workplace harassment. Build the type of workplace in which your co-workers and…
Violence Prevention: A Proactive Approach
It happened again the other day. Five employees were shot and killed at an Annapolis Maryland newspaper. Nearly every day the news media reports a killing in schools, churches, and workplaces. There seems to be no end to the violence happening in our communities. In this article we want to focus our attention on lessening…
Red Flags for Workplace Violence
Stress is an ever present participant in today’s work environment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently communicated more than 2 million workers are impacted by workplace violence every year. I decided to read up on this topic and after doing so thought it might be important to share some of the information I found with…