Archive for HR
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8 Examples to Expand Your Success
2010 - Executive INTELLIGENT blog August - The Limits to Your Success When you think about the things that may be holding you back, don't forget to take a personal inventory. Chances are, the reasons you may not have what you want, are your own doing. I can't tell you how often clients have a ...
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The Real Reason Employees Leave Our Company
- by Dennis Passovoy - A number of years ago, I worked for a Fortune 50 company - the first and only one in my 30-some year career. It was a totally different experience for me, since I had been used to companies no larger than about $100M in annual sales up to that point. I won't bore you with th...
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Why Has Our Workforce Changed So Dramatically?
- by Dennis Passovoy - If you’re a Baby Boomer, or even a Gen X'er, you remember the IBM culture that hit its peak in the 80’s. Baby Boomers accepted these structures as the way it is--you have to start in the mail room and work your way up. Gen X had this mentality drilled into their hea...
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Get Ready for More Documentation!
You’re already used to providing documentation on your employees, but no so much when it comes to independent contractors. Well, guess what? The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act is back–and it’s targeting abuses in the classifications of employees versus independent contractors. Am...
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Do you want to Build your Skills for Personalized Success
Group Coaching Programs - Assessment and Skill Growth for Personalized Success Finally, you can work with an Executive Coach at a fraction of the cost! I have launched three, Group Coaching Assessment and Skills Programs! Here is the link to Building Emotional Intelligence Skills t...
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Senate Committee Hearing to “Level the Playing Field: Protecting Workers and Businesses affected by Misclassification”
On June 17th the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing to address issues relating to the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The House and Senate issued bills in April that target misclassification by employers, The Employee Misclassification...
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Increased Enforcement by the EEOC and DOL
At an Employment Law Conference I attended a year ago, Commissioner Ishimaru let it be known in no uncertain terms that the sleeping giant that was the EEOC during the Bush administration was waking up and coming after businesses that were not in compliance with employment laws. This would take plac...
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Uniform Changes in the Interpretation of Compensable Work Time
Donning and doffing my sound like the title of a comic strip, but there’s nothing humorous in the new “interpretation” by the Department of Labor regarding what is compensable. The term refers to the amount of time that hourly employees spend changing clothes or washing at the beginning or ...
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Wage and Hour Law: Calculations for Your Business
Timothy Gagnon was a skilled craftsman and signed an employment contract with United Technisource Inc. (UTI). He was to be paid the standard $5.50 per hour, but he would be compensated at $20 for overtime. In addition, UTI agreed to pay him a “per diem” of $12.50 per hour up to $500 per week. ...
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Improve Your Influence With Two Areas of Focus
Influence - How to Impact Others When They Don't Want to Listen It amazes me how often we are faced with interactions where another person, for all intents and purposes, does not want to listen to what we have to say. Maybe, if we think about it, we too, often do not want to listen to what anothe...
