Aug 8, 2016 | Consulting Services
Every hiring manager receives applications from people who are clearly unqualified for the job. Sometimes, however, a candidate with no direct or seemingly-relevant experience applies for a position and, for some reason or another, captures their attention. Often the...
Jul 21, 2016 | Consulting Services
Q: We have an employee with a disfigured hand. It doesn’t affect his work or otherwise bother him, but other employees have complained that it looks “creepy.” How should we address complaints about employee appearance? A: Based on the information provided, it sounds...
Jul 7, 2016 | Consulting Services
With summer underway, employees have more scheduling challenges than usual. Vacations, summertime child care concerns, and the desire to take advantage of nice weather with an afternoon (or day) off all contribute to employees missing more work in the summer months....
May 12, 2016 | Consulting Services
In an effort to create more diversity-friendly workplaces, tech giants like Google and Facebook have been training employees to recognize unconscious bias in the workplace. As the term implies, these biases are below the surface, unintended, and often undesired....
Feb 22, 2016 | Consulting Services
Q: What are the laws regarding cell phones at work? Personal use by our employees has gotten out of hand. Can we change our employee cell phone policy to say that phones are not permitted on the premises? A: We can certainly understand the frustration of having...