The April Jobs report fell wildly short of expectations for myriad reasons. Unpacking these numbers reveal the crosscurrents in the U.S. economy. The Good The hardest-hit sectors during the COVID pandemic were dining, hospitality and entertainment. Low-wage workers...
Most all of the news reporting on the new exempt salary floor taking effect on December 1 has focused on the financials. The new floor will be $47,476. The Department of Labor estimates that 4.2 million more workers will be eligible for overtime pay triggering...
We have all heard this one before in a break room, outside in a parking lot, at a bar after work: Employee A laments “My boss has really been on my back. She’s blamed me for things that went wrong that really were not my fault. I’m pretty sure...
Here’s a quick quiz for HR professionals: Company A solely defines all terms and conditions of employment for all of its associates. It further solely determines the price of all of its products and determines its hours of operation. Finally, it is solely...
Emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. Peter Salovey and John Mayer have been the most recent leading researchers on emotional intelligence. In their influential article “Emotional...
HR professionals are widely known for answering “it depends” in response to a question from management regarding a human resources issue. And often times the response frustrates the manager who expects equivocation. Is this fair? Well, it depends (just...
Not sure what to make of the Hobby Lobby Case? Join the crowd. We have been inundated in the past weeks with interpretations of the decision. Here are just a few: Nancy Pelosi – “…five men could get down to specifics of whether a woman should use a...
“No One Should Have to Choose Between Caregiving and Work” is the title of an article by Jody Gastfriend, VP of Senior Care Services at Care.com, that appears in this week’s Harvard Business Review Blog. She makes a poignant and passionate argument for greater...
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protects the jobs of employees of companies with more than 50 full-time employees who miss work due to reasons covered under the Act. The maximum amount of leave provided under the Act is 12 weeks. The Americans with...
Two decisions regarding the permissibility of federal subsidies granted to ACA Federal Insurance Marketplace enrollees were released yesterday. The two courts arrived at opposite conclusions. The far more significant court, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, heard...
