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’

COVID Corner Vaccination mandate lifted, best mask to wear and COVID tests – all the most relevant and up to date information you need. Vaccination Mandate – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard issued on Nov. 5, 2021, to protect unvaccinated employees