In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Stanford Professor of Economics Nicholas Bloom and his co-authors argue that today’s work-from-home push is being hampered by a “major disconnect” between employees and management. That disconnect centers around notions of productivity and attendance. With respect to productivity, for example, managers believe that work from home reduces productivity… Read More
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Are Layoffs Really the Answer? Research Says No
As employers across the country consider and implement layoffs, Harvard Business School Professor Sandra Sucher writes that “[R]esearch shows that layoffs continue to have detrimental long-term effects on individuals and companies.” In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Professor Sucher and her colleague, Dr. Marilyn Morgan Westner, explain how the “short-term cost savings” from layoffs are outweighed… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Bombshell PAGA Ruling in Favor of Employers
On June 15, 2022, in a blockbuster case known as Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, the U.S. Supreme Court finally answered a burning employment law issue here in California – whether California’s rule prohibiting the use of arbitration agreements to force an employee to waive her right to bring a representative action under PAGA… Read More
Will They Stay or Will They Go? Gauging Employee Satisfaction Through “Stay Interviews”
Employee retention remains at the forefront of many employers’ minds – especially in light of the ongoing “Great Resignation.” In a recent article published by Fast Company, author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic examines the concept of “stay interviews” as a possible remedy to concerns about retention. Chamorro-Premuzic defines a stay interview as a one-on-one conversation with employees… Read More
Are You Thinking About Reopening Your Workplace? Think First About Your Safety Obligations to Your Employees.
Many employers are eager to return to the office and “get things back to normal.” If you are an employer who is considering requiring or allowing employees to return to an in-person workplace (or if you have already done so), the first thing to understand is that there is no “back to normal,” at least… Read More
The Future is Hybrid: Key Considerations for a Remote Workforce
According to new data from MicKinsey & Company, 9 out of 10 companies are sticking with the hybrid workplace structure. This style combines onsite and remote work and is one of the lasting results of the COVID-19 pandemic. When implemented correctly, hybrid work can boost employee productivity, performance, and morale. But when employers fail to… Read More
Post-Pandemic Benefits: Employers Are Changing Their Benefits Priorities
The pandemic has changed everyone’s lives in so many ways. We likely will not realize all of those changes for a long time. Work life has changed for nearly everyone during this time, and our relationships to work, and how they relate to our personal lives, have been put under the microscope. In a recent… Read More
The 5 Key Ingredients of a Successful Team, According to Google
Back in 2012, Google (in classic Google fashion) sought to identify a formula for creating the most successful workplace team. They called this experiment “Project Aristotle,” named after the philosopher credited with the remarkable notion that “there exists a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.” In his Inc. article, which you… Read More
Better Together: Mentor Matchups as a Buffer for Employee Retention
As an employer, there is nothing more disheartening than finding the “perfect employee,” and then losing that employee and having to start the hiring process back at square one. Recently, Forbes contributor Robert Sher delved into this issue and put forth a solution: mentorship. By pairing new hires up with experienced colleagues – not just… Read More
COVID-19 Provides A Chance to Hit the Reset Button on Everything, Including HR
The ongoing global pandemic has invaded nearly every aspect of our lives. Perhaps most notable is the way in which COVID-19 has reshaped the working world. No matter what your industry, chances are it looks starkly different now as compared to the pre-COVID era. Forbes contributor Susan Galer of SAP frames the transformation of the… Read More
