Employees

A Cautionary Tale: When Your Boss Wants to Become Your Friend

Nedda Alammar | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Men, Women, Small Business, Employees, Unemployment, Workplace, Boss, Unemployment Rate, Values, Ethics, Small Business News
Nedda Alammar

When my boss wants me to just roam around his office/cubicle and talk about whatever until he's ready to leave and maybe go out for drinks with him, my defenses are up.

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Who Owns Your Business-Related Social Media?

Jim Thomas | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Twitter, Social Media, Facebook, Linkedin, Employees Social Media, Employees, Company's Social Media, Employers, Social Media Tips, Corporate Social Media, Business Social Media, Social Media at Work, Businesses Social Media, Denver News
Jim Thomas

There is a time bomb in your company that you had better defuse. It's your failure to be clear about, or even consider, ownership of the business connections represented by social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Doing Your Employees' Work For Them?

Tom Fox | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Government, Leaders, Employees, Association of Government Accountants? National Leadership Conference, Upward Delegation, Politics News
Tom Fox

To help solve the problem of upward delegation, the emerging government leaders suggested the following clever, straight-forward ideas.

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A Cheat Sheet for Engaging Employees

Tom Fox | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Federal Leader, Employees, Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings, Job Satisfaction, Politics News
Tom Fox

As a federal leader, you no doubt have a lot on your plate, and it may be tempting to shrug off employee complaints about their jobs and organization.

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Kodak, Under Bankruptcy Protection, Still Wants To Shell Out Huge Bonuses

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Photography, Chapter 11, Retirees, Video, Employees, Bankruptcy, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Medicare, Eastman Kodak Co., Health Care Benefits, Business News

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. is seeking permission to pay about 300 executives and other employees a total of $13.5 million in bonuses to p...

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Take Your Menopause to Work Day

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Women, Depression, Aging, Employees, Absenteeism, Economy, Perimenopause, Menopause, Presenteeism, Workplace, Work, Health, Insomnia, Menopause Symptoms, Book on Menopause, Health Care, Productivity, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Without a daycare program where women can leave their hot flashes and discomfort, the best step companies can take is to educate their employees and employers.

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The Equal Rights Amendment: Now Is the Time

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Supreme Court, Employees, Constitution, Employers, Romney, Blunt Amendment, Contraception, Santorum, Gingrich, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Do American women feel secure entrusting their entire legal protection to Justice Anthony Kennedy? Since Republicans took over state houses and the House of Representatives, they have waged an open war against women.

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Three Recent Surveys Offer a Snapshot of Today's Workforce

Susan Seitel | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Employees, Employers, Workplace Surveys, Health, Wellness, Business News
Susan Seitel

Three surveys of workers and managers released in late January offer some interesting information about today's workforce. In case you've had trouble ...

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Employees as Activists

Ellen Weinreb | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Employees, Business Practices, Causes, Activism, Management, Impact News
Ellen Weinreb

Instead of being perceived as the enemy, employers have the opportunity to benefit from their employees' passion. If employers work with employees' activist aspirations, employees will feel more fulfilled, more proud, and ultimately more productive.

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Leadership That's Right on the Money

Tom Fox | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: U.S. Treasury, The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Leadership, U.S. Mint, Employees, Federal Agencies, Politics News
Tom Fox

There is no other commodity that really chronicles American history better than our currency and coins. So to go through this planning process with them, we can reconnect with their work and showcase why it's important and why they are valued.

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Kodak Retirees Worry Amid Bankruptcy Talk

www.npr.org | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Kodak Bankruptcy, Financial-Futures, Retirees, Employees, Kodak, Saving for Retirement, New York, Fifty News

Amid recent reports that Kodak could be headed into bankruptcy, financial advisers in Rochester, N.Y., where the company is based, are seeing more and...

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What to Expect If You Sue Your Employer

Janice Harper | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Employees, Managing Employees, Employment Law, Retaliation, Suing Employers, Lawsuits, Business News
Janice Harper

Suing an employer is the last thing a worker should ever do if the aim is a successful career.

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Troubled Company's Headquarters Raided By Prosecutors

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Olympus Corp, Shareholders, President Shuichi Takayama, Video, Employees, Gyrus Group, Camera, Investment Losses, President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, President Michael Woodford, Japan, Business News

TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of Olympus Corp. on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the cover-up of massive loss...

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Overworked, Older Americans Not Using Up Allotted Vacation Days

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Workers, Employees, Work, American Travel Behavior Survey, Travel, Vacation, Unclaimed Vacation, 55 and Over, Time Away, Fifty News

NEW YORK -- By year's end, the average American worker will have accumulated more than a week's worth of unused vacation days. According to a rece...

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Women and Work -- Where to Now?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Workforce, Employees, Women, Bureauof Labor Statistics, Ale-Heavy Industries, Feminist, S, Mentoring, Middle Management, Manufacturing, Work-Life Balencegt, Construction, Wage Gap, Families, Recession, Women News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

Regardless of where you fall on the scale of feminist ideology -- great progress to stubborn inequality -- in the arena of women and work, big shifts are afoot. The direction is clear. The destination is not. But by all indications, work and families have some adjustments ahead.

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Your Employees Don't Have to Like You, But They Have to Love You

Robert Levin | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Company Culture, Employees, Managing Employees, Startups, Small Business America, Small Business, Small Business Advice, Small Business News
Robert Levin

There are times when an employee will not agree with a decision that you have made. If the employee is not thinking to him or herself, "well I don't agree with her, but I do believe in her so I will respect the decision," the employee's relationship is doomed to fail and until it does, it will be a painful one.

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Survey: Workers Spend More Hours At The Office Than Before Recession

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: More Work Less Holiday, Longer Office Hours, Employees, Employee Benefits, Employees Longer Hours, Video, Business News

No, it's not your imagination. You really have been spending more time at the office since the recession hit back in 2008. At least that's the find...

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Calculating the High Cost of a Layoff -- to an Employer

Frank Koller | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Society, Employees, Workers, Business, Economy, Business News
Frank Koller

Here's help -- an interesting new web-based calculator which allows an employer to plug in a few readily-available numbers and estimate what it can cost to lay off a worker and then replace her down the road.

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Should Management be a Popularity Contest?

Donna Flagg | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Leadership, Employees, Managing People, Workplace, Bosses, Organizational Behavior, Business, Management, Business News
Donna Flagg

I'll tell you this; you can't compare the results between work that people want to do versus when they feel as though they have to do it.

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Cities Where Workers Most Use Public Transit

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Ferry, Jobs Crisis, Bus, Employees, Unemployment, Third Industrial Revolution, Subway, Public Transportation, Slidepollajax, Rail, Ithaca, U.S. Census, Public Transit, Train, Brookings, Business News

In such an urbanized country as the United States, it surprises how few of the nation's workers depend on public transport to make their daily commute...

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11 Areas Of Dissatisfaction In The U.S. Workplace

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Employees, Unemployment Crisis, Job Security, Employee Satisfaction, Gallup, American Workers, Health Insurance Benefits, Business News

Of all the aspects of the workplace, it's with health insurance benefits that satisfaction is most quickly dropping, according to a recent survey from...

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In Search of Business That Cooperates: What We Can Learn From the World's Most Successful Worker Cooperatives

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Cooperatives, Workers, Employees, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Economy, Ethics, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, International, Business News
Jeffrey Hollender

The success of worker cooperative models in Italy and Spain present a compelling model for building a new sustainable economy in the United States.

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5 Ways Firing People Can Suck Less

Robert Levin | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Small Businesses, Firing an Employee, Small Business, Employees, NY Enterprise Report, Hiring Practices, Robert Levin, How To, Hiring, Firing, Small Business America, New York City, Small Business News
Robert Levin

Not firing someone, or even waiting too long, has drastic consequences and in some cases can jeopardize the livelihoods of other employees. In light of this, here are five pieces of practical advice for finally firing those employees who should go.

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Your Turn: Working With Someone You Don't Like

Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Office, Your Turn, Video, Coworkers, Employees, Women News

If you've ever had to work with someone you don't get along with you know it's never fun – it's especially hard when you're an actress because ev...

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Four Steps to Workplace Flexibility and Smart Scheduling

Joan Williams | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Employees, Labor Unions, Workplace Flexibility, Flexible Work Schedules, Hourly Wage, Labor Rights, Hourly Wage Workers, Hourly Wage Earners, Employee Rights, Unions, Business News
Joan Williams

The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so.

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