It’s easy to get angry when you’re constantly picking up the slack or fixing mistakes caused by a rule-breaker. You might feel like you’re always cleaning up their messes, correcting their work, or filling in gaps they’ve left. The unfairness of it all can also get under your skin and cause resentment. But you can’t just march up to them and demand they stop ignoring standards. Ordering them to fall in line rarely works. Here are five strategies for how to address the issue without creating hostility or damaging your working relationship.
Archives for October 27, 2024
When the election makes the office uncomfortable: How bosses should handle a political divided workforce
The risk of politics disrupting workplace productivity is not hypothetical.
4 Powerful Ways To Reignite Your Passion At Work
Feeling stuck at work? You’re not alone. Many struggle with job satisfaction, but you can reignite your passion. Here are 4 ways to reconnect with your career.
4 Expert Tips On How To Navigate This Quarter’s Challenging Performance Reviews
As we enter the midst of Q4, here are expert tips on how to navigate performance reviews that often bring anxiety, frustration and dread.
Ultimate guide to surviving a bad boss
A toxic boss can lead you to want to quit your job. Before you make a big change read this guide to see if you can turn things around.
Don’t hire for skills and waste them. A manager’s guide to more effective work
Effective work comes from managers who inspire teams to use the skills they were hired for.
Why women face a ‘success paradox’ at work
In her new book, Megan Dalla-Camina explores how women receive mixed messages about how to have a successful career.
How To Have Shorter, More Productive Meetings: Ask The Right Questions
How to have shorter, more productive meetings by asking focused questions that cut through the noise, encourage real problem-solving, and make every minute count.
California Imposes New Requirements for Engaging Independent Contractors
The California Freelance Worker Protection Act imposes requirements on companies that hire freelance workers.
OSHA Issues New Inspection Guidance Targeting Animal Slaughtering and Processing Establishments
On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released expanded guidance for OSHA inspections of employers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry. This guidance supersedes previous guidance issued in 2015, which had been limited to poultry processing establishments.
Pro Bono Week Podcast – Assisting Veterans Through Client Partnership
Pro Bono Committee Member Jenny Schwendemann is joined by Associate Don Nguyen, Customer Success Senior Coordinator Megan Gunn, Director Christie Bhageloe (Veterans Consortium Discharge Upgrade Program) and Associate Corporate Counsel Kate Brown (Amazon) to discuss Littler’s pro bono collaboration with Amazon in support of The Veterans Consortium.
New workers’ rights ‘to cost firms £5bn a year’
Ben Smith says Labour’s plans to upgrade workers’ rights would create extra red tape for employers.
BBC
Employer Tab for Exiting Pensions at Stake in High Court Appeal
Sarah Bryan Fask says a decision clarifying when employers can exit union-brokered pension plans “potentially opens up the floodgates for a lot of employer uncertainty.”
Bloomberg Law
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Third Circuit’s ‘Johnson v. NCAA’ Opinion: What It Means for College Athletics and Beyond
Andrea M. Kirshenbaum discusses how Johnson v. NCAA is noteworthy beyond the realm of college athletics for its expansive discussion of the FLSA.
The Legal Intelligencer
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New Jersey Judge Interprets EFAA As Requiring Employment Claims to Be Split Into Two Forums
A recent New Jersey Superior Court decision interpreting the federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) may require New Jersey employers to defend an employee’s employment-related claims before both a judge and arbitrator.