Hiring Inexperienced Applicants: Take the Chance?
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...
How Should We Address Complaints About Employee Appearance?
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...
Employee Summer Schedules
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....

