Black boss, white worker? Beware reverse bias

  • June 17, 2012

Courts hold white employees who allege racial discrimination to a slightly higher standard than members of other protected classes. The higher standard is met if the...

4 leadership lessons from Butch Cassidy

  • June 14, 2012

You’ve got vision, while the rest of the world wears bifocals. If that bit of swagger sums up your leadership style, you’ve got something in common with...

4 ways to destroy an employee’s day

  • June 12, 2012

What makes an employee productive? Unproductive? “The key factor you can use to make employees miserable on the job is to simply keep them from making progress...

White men and discrimination: 3 myths

  • June 08, 2012

While Title VII prohibits discrimination based on any race or either gender, minorities and women aren’t the only ones protected by the law. So-called...

Using Gen Y tech savvy to your advantage

  • June 08, 2012

You expect colleges and universities to prepare your youngest workers for their new jobs. But are you prepared for them? These digital natives quickly grow impatient...

Docking pay: FLSA compliance tips

  • June 07, 2012

The FLSA restricts the docking of employees' pay. Many times employers' decisions on docking will push an employee from an exempt classification to a nonexempt, or...

Unlimited time off can spur productivity

  • June 05, 2012

Americans simply don’t know how to take a vacation. Only 57% of U.S. workers use all the vacation days they’re allotted, compared with 89% of workers in...

Career audits: Does your job work for you?

  • June 03, 2012

Every year, you probably receive (or help write) your performance evaluation. But have you really evaluated your job lately? Doing a “career audit” is a way...

Use PAS approach to implement change

  • June 03, 2012

Get someone to agree to a change by using the PAS formula, says Fred Kniggendorf of Gravyloaf. “PAS” stands for state the Problem, Analyze the problem,...

How to write a legally safe job-offer letter

  • June 01, 2012

When it comes to making job offers, you or your hiring managers could be inadvertently locking the organization into employment contracts with new hires. Written...