If you are/were a working mother, how long was your maternity leave? Did your spouse also receive any time off after your child’s birth? Although some companies have been offering parental leave for many years, it’s nothing like what is happening at Netflix who is now becoming an industry leader for offering any new parents paid leave during the entire first year of their child’s life. Sound amazing and a little crazy? Well, it’s based on research showing that employees who are not worried about home life are more efficient and productive. Imagine being able to have your cake and eat it too.
Category: Human Resources
To Camp or Not To Camp?
Every summer, parents face the daunting decision of whether or not to send their children to camp. What kind of camp to choose? Day camp? Sleep-away?
The summer camp experience offers children so many life lessons, such as teamwork, resilience and decision making. Skills that are useful throughout adulthood. Not to mention a week or more break for parents! I will never forget my time spent at Ghost Ranch Vocal Camp. Todd Kestin feels the same way, 5 Ways Summer Camp Helps Your Child Prepare for Adulthood
Job Well Done?
A four-question performance review? One that focuses on what the employee is doing currently, instead of the distant past? The consulting firm Deloitte is experimenting with this four-question review model, two of which are yes or no questions. Imagine being judged for the quality of your work, right at that moment. Novel idea.
What if you could replace performance evaluations with four simple questions?
I Here By Resolve, Not to Resolve
What are your resolutions for 2015? Maybe one of them should be to not have any. How does that statement make you feel? Are you ready? Dare to dream!
Why My Only Goal For 2015 Is To Have No Goals At All by: Claire Jordan
Equal Pay for Equal Work?
Does your company have practices in place to examine the pay gaps between men and women? Do you have any idea if the man in the cubicle next to you makes more for the same work? Many companies are beginning to take a serious look at these inequalities using special programs that compare a list a variables. Some even offer their managers a salary calculator for use during hiring. The glass ceiling manifests in many ways and at different levels depending on the company. Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kotex and Huggies diapers, built an analytics team over the last few years, which includes regular pay equity reporting. But the team also identified points where women were hitting a glass ceiling…
Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap
Privilege or Private Law?
Are you currently in a high position? Do you feel you deserve the power you’ve been given? Did you know that the way you answer these questions could reveal astonishing truths about your personality? Might want to get that log out of your own eye now…
Having an “Office Space” Moment?
Pop-culture has led us to believe that we are entitled to well paying, enjoyable jobs in a fun office environment with quirky co-workers and a boss who appreciates our every talent. What happens when our jobs are far from this fairytale? Turns out, we can take steps to make our employment work for us and possibly even make ourselves better humans in the process. nyti.ms/1o5f9N8
Part-time = On-Call?
What happens when you can’t plan for work? Thought only doctors had “on-call” hours, well think again. It’s a rapidly spreading practice in the retail world among others and the government is now having a say, as more and more people struggle to “work” their jobs into their lives.
The Heat is on Contract Labor
The Wall Street Journal reports that the IRS and the Department of Labor (DOL) are increasing the pressure on employers to properly classify their workers through payroll audits. A goal has been set to investigate 6,000 employers. The authors write:
The U.S. Treasury estimates that forcing employers to properly classify their workers—while tightening so-called “safe harbor” rules that provide them with leeway in determining who is and isn’t an employee—would yield $8.71 billion in added tax revenue over the next decade.
The new water cooler
But in a series of recent rulings and advisories, labor regulators have declared many such blanket restrictions illegal. TheNational Labor Relations Board says workers have a right to discuss work conditions freely and without fear of retribution, whether the discussion takes place at the office or on Facebook.
Read more of the article by Steven Greenhouse
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