While most everyone considers a grandparent to be an especially cherished family member, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not generally include a...
In his latest book, Why Decisions Fail,
scholar Paul C. Nutt analyzes 15 disastrous courses of action, from
Ford’s defense of the flammable Pinto to...
Issue: How do you calculate overtime pay for employees who perform two separate jobs at separate hourly rates? Benefit: New Labor Department rulings clarify this...
Favoritism has a long history of not being deemed an illegal workplace act. But under certain circumstances, favoritism that results from an office romance may...
Close relationships between your organization and its vendors or
partners probably are thought of as a good thing. But here are a couple
of pitfalls you should know...
When an employee refuses to carry out an order, supervisors may automatically think such insubordination is worthy of discipline or firing. Not so fast! That initial...
Coming to light after decades in the making, Bill Swanson’s flashes of
executive wisdom—compiled first on scraps of paper, then in PowerPoint
and finally...
Issue: Many states require organizations to allow public access to their restrooms. Risk: You, like many employers, may be unaware of this code. One complaint can...
You know that ethnic slurs and name-calling have no place in the workplace. But a new court ruling proves that any kind of ethnic intolerance can be punished. If...
Sometimes, a leader’s duty is simply to ensure the institution’s
survival. In the case of Queen Elizabeth II, her duty is to preserve
the British monarchy,...
If you like to understand your own world through a parallel universe, the new management book Kingdomality divides
the leaders of a mythical medieval kingdom into four...
Procter & Gamble Chairman and CEO A.G. Lafley tells a tale of
getting down to core issues when a valuable employee wants to leave. It happened when Lafley once resigned...
Knowing how to delegate tasks to your team members is a critical management skill. It helps you develop your people while controlling your workload at the same time....
Issue: Protect your right to keep communications between the organization and its attorney secret. Risk: By misdirecting e-mail messages meant for your attorney, you...
Issue: Courts won't look kindly on employers that OK an employee's FMLA leave but then change their minds. Risk: In such cases, courts could grant FMLA rights even if...
As a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, football coaching prodigy-to-be Jon Gruden found himself passing a note to assistant coach Walt Harris during an...
