CoAdvantage- More and more companies are offering unlimited time off as an employee benefit. In fact, in some sectors, unlimited time off has turned from a genuine differentiator into a necessity just to keep up with competitors in attracting and retaining new talent. Beyond its strengths as a recruitment boon, unlimited time off also offers[…]
CoAdvantage- The short answer is a qualified yes. Employers can require their employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance last December addressing this question. The bottom-line answer: yes, employers can mandate that employees get the vaccine. However, such a mandate would introduce a host of legal (and logistical)[…]
CoAdvantage- There’s no shortage of potentially business-ending risks facing today’s employers. Every crisis, from relatively petty PR crises to actual life-threatening events like a deadly global pandemic, has the power to devastate a business. Always, the burden is on business leaders to set course and sail through such dangerous times. The old axiom applies here:[…]
CoAdvantage- Complexity in HR is a hot – and complicated – topic. HR leaders say that their HR administration has grown significantly more complex over time: “Being a competent HR professional has become increasingly complex,” say researchers from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Brigham Young University, and Utah State University. That growing[…]
CoAdvantage- Paperless HR is not a pipe dream. In fact, for some organizations, it’s a requirement: the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is requiring all federal agencies to start submitting all federal government records in electronic format by the end of 2022. For most private businesses, of course, a totally paperless workflow is[…]
CoAdvantage- One of the most difficult and unpleasant tasks all employers must face: eventually ending the relationship with certain employees as the result of employee misconduct or underperformance. Truly, firing an employee is terrible, no matter the circumstances or people involved, and it’s a situation that can turn ugly in a flash. But with a[…]
CoAdvantage- In a recent article about how to protect at-risk workers from COVID-19 while still complying with all applicable labor laws, we brought up the concept of “reasonable accommodation.” Because the idea of reasonable accommodation is so important in this situation, it’s worth exploring in more detail. To start, what is reasonable accommodation? According to[…]
CoAdvantage- With the COVID-19 pandemic making physical workplaces high-risk avenues of disease transmission, a vast number of workers were forced to transition to a work-from-home program in 2020. Now, with new vaccines now in distribution, the new year brings with it hope for an end to the pandemic. Even so, however, remote working and work-from-home[…]
CoAdvantage- Does HR help your organization adapt to changing circumstances and inspire innovation? That’s not always the case. HR can sometimes be a drag on innovation when its own processes are rooted in a dogmatic, rigid understanding of its role. Remember, it’s your people who drive innovation at your organization. Researchers in Research Technology Management[…]
CoAdvantage- Undoubtedly, most of us are glad to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror and look forward to 2021 with the hope that this year will see life return to normal as the pandemic recedes. Still, COVID-19 remains with us as we head into the new year and will likely continue to cast a long[…]
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