Do you conduct background checks on your employees?  What do you check for and why?  Do you have clearly defined criteria on what types of information gleaned from a background check will be disqualifying for a potential new hire? New…

Are our case studies too obvious? Are we now at a point where everyone understands that sexual harassment is not acceptable? Should our harassment prevention workshops be focused less on harassment and more on the subtleties of bullying behaviors? In…

How important is a name?  It is a question driven to the forefront by the recent backlash against “DEI” – diversity, equity and inclusion programs that many employers put in place to diversify their workforces.  After an explosion of such…

With recent increases that took effect January 1, 2024, the minimum wage in New York is now $16 per hour in New York City and the immediately surrounding suburban counties, and $15 per hour in the rest of the state. …

This week our family buried an intellectually brilliant, fiercely determined, infallibly kind individual who lived a far longer, fuller life than any doctor might have predicted. Diagnosed with a progressive, increasingly degenerative medical condition decades ago, this individual consistently focused…

Half of job seekers in a recent Gartner, Inc. survey reported that they backed out on an accepted job offer prior to starting.  I remain stunned by this statistic, which suggests to me that employers have some issues with their…

The overwhelming majority (nearly 90 percent, according to the most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) of workers in the United States are not unionized.  And yet, in the private sector most of those non-unionized workers have…