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Employee Discipline During a Pandemic—What You Need to Know
As businesses gradually open back up in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and welcome employees back to the workplace, employers are working overtime to put a slew of new safety protocols in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19 on their premises. Precautions...

What Your Small Business Can Do About Diversity and Inclusion Now
Diversity in the workplace is hardly a new topic, and the value to businesses is well-established. A recent study by McKinsey found that companies achieving high levels of gender diversity on executive teams were 21% more likely to outperform on profitability, while...

How to Support Working Parents During the Pandemic
“In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.” That was the headline of a New York Times opinion piece published July 2, 2020, and it echoes the sentiment felt by working parents everywhere who have had to weather the pandemic by working...

How to Classify an Employee vs. Independent Contractor
Employee or independent contractor? If only that were an easy question to answer. According to the Economic Policy Institute, between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. And as gig economy work is expected to...

3 Keys to Boosting Resilience and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to upend every aspect of our lives, resilience and emotional intelligence are emerging as must-haves for survival. While previously considered personality traits that leaders or employees either had or didn’t, a...
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