Anyone who has tried to lose weight knows how hard it is to keep that New Year’s resolution – let alone keep the pounds off for good. Old habits are hard to change and new ones are hard to establish. But that’s just what is needed if employers want to put the major risk of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) liability behind them for the long
While companies defend against massive wage and hour actions – often arising from seemingly benign and well accepted practices – the larger issue is this: How do we prevent wage and hour claims from continuing to generate costly and time-consuming litigation? Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) training is a major defensive weapon in the arsenal of employers seeking to minimize the risk of wage and hour claims. But
With school now in session, it’s time for a test. In the spirit of the back-to-school season, which one of the following items does not belong on the list? You start a new job with a telecommunications company handling customer service calls. Before you’re allowed to speak with your first caller, you spend six weeks learning about the company, going through sales and product training and handling
Last week, Oracle announced that it had hired Mark Hurd as one of the software giant’s presidents and a member of its Board of Directors. The move came a month after Hurd’s dismissal from Hewlett-Packard. This is a stunning, perhaps unparalleled, reversal of CEO fortunes. While Hurd’s undeniable business talents are not in question, Oracle’s hearty and rich endorsement of him within a month of his very public firing for
Wherever we work or whatever we do, productivity, efficiency and overall performance demand civility. Why? Civility simply makes good business sense: People do their best work where they can actually get work done – as opposed to dealing with all the other toxic stuff that gets in the way of productive work. Even before I founded ELI and started teaching Civil Treatment® harassment and discrimination training, our flagship
While it may seem obvious that people understand how to behave toward each other at work, I’m frequently reminded by my clients’ and my own work experiences that it’s simply not the case. Let’s look at two separate situations involving the vice president of a top financial company and the managing attorney of a law firm who were both fired by their respective companies after
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