Recently, on September 16th, National Working Parents Day was celebrated, honoring the working parents who work outside the home to provide for their families. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 61 percent of families with children have both parents working outside the home. And, as an employer, no doubt you know working …
2020 represented the 100th year since ratification of women’s right to vote. As the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, its passage date of August 26 was designated by Congress as Women’s Equality Day in 1973. While disparities of gender, race, sexual identity and ethnicity are prevalent throughout our social and working structure, the practical impact …
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As I write this, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rescheduled to begin July 23, 2021, is in a precarious position; a number of athletes and coaches have tested positive for coronavirus, the Japanese public largely does not want to see the games take place, a major sponsor and world renown corporation, Toyota, has cancelled all …
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How the use of personal values contributes to a healthy business culture and how to incorporate them Values – those intangible priorities that tell us ‘do this’ and ‘don’t do that’ – are a combination of ethical and emotional guideposts for behavior. Following through on them make your parents proud or make you good parents, …
May 21st is National Bike to Work Day. Originating in 1955 as a means to promote safety on the road for all commuters, it grew into an environmentally positive choice as well. But now, when so many of us are ‘commuting’ into the spare bedroom or home office to work, how does that affect the …
April 1st – watch out for those jokers and pranksters April 7th – World Health Day ~ how are you utilizing your benefits? April 21st – Administrative Professionals Day April 22nd – Earth Day & Take your son & daughters to workday April is a month filled with notable events; we had the always entertaining …
In February I focused largely on issues around employees – the good, the bad and the occasionally ugly. It generated a lot of response and a sold-out training session on how to avoid the many issues surrounding the recruitment, training and delegating of employees. Why is this obviously necessary aspect of business development filled with …
Let’s talk about employees. Too often I’ve heard small business owners say that “you don’t know what real business headaches are until you have employees”. However, from my point of view, that’s usually because employers don’t know just how complex and vast are the laws and regulations that rule human resources. And, after all, you …
January is a month filled with so much change, both real and anticipated. And, more than any other, this year is a giant question mark: with COVID rising and bringing variations with increased levels of contagion, with a new administration, with so many industries – I think of hospitality, theater, restaurants, healthcare – reeling, with …
While news of at least two highly effective covid-19 vaccines, approved for emergency use by the FDA and already in distribution throughout the. U.S, is exciting, the likely impact on employee vulnerability and business rebounds is, by all accounts, a long way off. In fact, there is concern that ‘covid frustration’, an ‘enough is enough’ …
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