California employers will no longer be able to require employees to use up to two weeks of vacation time before they receive paid family leave insurance benefits.
Archives for October 8, 2024
Meet The World’s Best Employers 2024
The global companies that top our annual list offer generous benefits, a healthy work-life balance and numerous opportunities for career growth.
New Hires Keep Quitting After Their First Week
Should I tell them they’re harming their reputations in the industry?
How to Manage — and Avoid
Brain imaging techniques now let us observe mental fatigue in real-time, revealing that the brain, like muscles, grows tired from sustained effort. Mental fatigue arises when your brain senses it will run out of resources if it continues working at the same intensity. One way this might happen is when brain cells use up resources faster than they are being replenished. Your brain tries to remedy the situation by disengaging its attention, and you might experience this as your mind wandering away from what you are trying to focus on and being drawn towards lighter work and easier decisions. If you find yourself getting mentally fatigued often, try taking breaks often, limiting the amount of intense work you do in a day, and when all else fails, use motivation to push through.
Stop Ignoring Your High Performers
Managers often make a costly mistake in leaving high performers to perform at their maximum capacity without support, choosing to instead devote their time and attention to underperformers. In doing so, though, these high performers are often left feeling overlooked and neglected. Contrary to popular belief, high performers need just as much attention as underperformers — just not in the same way. Rather than being disregarded for their productivity, high performers need recognition and appreciation, opportunities for growth and challenge, clear pathways for advancement, autonomy and trust, and a feeling of purpose and belonging in the organization.
Ask HR: How to Negotiate Your Starting Compensation
Glean actionable insights on how to negotiate your starting compensation package. Also, can you ask an employee to be on their spouse’s health insurance?
3 Things To Know About A Company’s Parental Leave Before Taking A Job
Paid parental leave benefits vary widely among the 500 largest U.S. companies, so job candidates should not assume the existence of a “standard” parental leave policy.
Council Post: How To Mitigate The Risk From Employee Content Creators
When employees feel supported and empowered, their social media content can become one of your company’s most valuable assets.
Employees admit to violating return-to-office policies
As employers continue to try to lure workers back into the office four years after the pandemic began, some say they are ignoring the rules and will leave if there is a crackdown.
Power At Work Blogcast #63: Empowering the Workforce: Secretary of Labor Julie Su on Her Role and the State of Labor in 2024
In this very special blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Julie Su, the United States Secretary of Labor. Watch now to hear about Su’s role as the acting secretary along with her accomplishments in the position. Also learn about Su’s opinions on the