I recently read that Careerbuilder.com found in its annual survey that 20 percent of the 7,000 respondents plan to be in contact with their place of employment during their vacation.
Now while this is down from last year’s high of 27 percent, it still seems ridiculous to me that so many people feel it absolutely necessary to […]

Want to take off work one afternoon and go fishing or to the movies? Don’t feel like getting up at 6a to make the commute to the office?
ROWE or Results-Only Work Environment is a performance-based, results-focused culture whereby the organization focuses on productivity, retention and the bottom line by allowing employees to work when and where […]

A recent article in Workforce Magazine painted a rather bleak picture of our future workforce by stating that today’s high school graduates lack the qualities and skills that employers seek in new hires.
However, based on the report “Are they Really Ready to Work?”, the lack of talent is not just among high schoolers, who appear […]

I just read an article about rewarding employees for good attendance and nearly fell off my chair laughing.
Reward employees for something they should do as a matter of course?
Then I thought back to my previous blog about the students who were rewarded for taking and passing advanced placement classes and wondered about the difference.
But there is a […]

We’ve known for years that a tired worker is a non-productive worker. Well, now Harvard and the University of Florida both agree.
The Harvard study showed that the ability of employees to be productive was improved with a good night’s sleep and found that a midday nap reverses information overload while the U of F study reported a […]

Tomorrow is “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” Day, a program begun years ago and originally based on the concept of taking our daughters to work in order to provide young girls exposure to the workplace, something not as readily available to their mothers and grandmothers.
As the years have passed and things have, well, […]

As employees we want more and are willing to work hard to secure it. As consumers we want more, however, we are unwilling to pay more to get it, mainly because many  can’t afford to.
That’s why the recent San Francisco ordinance that mandates employers pay up to nine days sick leave annually is interesting. For many […]

A recent Today Show story addressed a new program in Texas that pays high school students $100 for each advanced placement class they take and pass. The benefit to the student, aside from the cash incentive, is to receive college credit for those classes.
However, the incentive program is not without controversy.  
Opponents are concerned that it appears […]

Do you travel frequently and have to leave Fido at home to be taken care of by a well-meaning friend or relative?
Well, according to an article in Workforce Magazine “some companies that cater to business travelers are expanding their policies to be more pet-friendly.” This includes hotels and airlines.
If you’re thinking that this might be a […]

A recent survey by Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting firm, found that of 421 companies surveyed three-quarters can’t put a price tag on what it costs them (as a percentage of payroll) when employees don’t show up for work, whether they’re out sick or taking a vacation day.
The 25% of companies surveyed that came […]