December 21, 2021
How To Responsibly Recruit for “Cultural Fit”
Your first candidate interview of the day just flew by and you didn’t even pick up your pen. You have so much in common with the candidate that you chatted effortlessly. You both have two daughters, a love for hockey and you both grew up in a small Midwest town. You leave the interview ...
December 21, 2021
Sixth Circuit Lifts Stay of OSHA Emergency Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
On late Friday December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers, lifting the Fifth Circuit’s earlier stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) ...
December 14, 2021
Delegation: Turn Task Management into a Teaching Moment
In theory, delegation sounds amazing. Do you want to pass off work to someone else so you have more time for other projects? Yes, of course you do. In practice, delegation is more complicated. It involves giving up control, something that may feel difficult for a new manager or someone with ...
December 7, 2021
Sponsorship: The Key Ingredient to Advancement
Mentorship programs have been in the corporate arena for years. You know the drill. A more experienced employee offers advice and support to a fledgling heading up the career ladder. The mentor acts as a sounding board for the junior staff member and offers recommendations on a periodic basis. ...
December 6, 2021
Compliance Recap | November 2021
November saw quite a bit of activity in the compliance space. Although OSHA’s vaccine-or-test mandate for private employers was issued, it was immediately met with resistance in the form of lawsuits and a stay from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The mandates for federal contractors and ...
November 30, 2021
Advocacy in Action | Accident Claims
While out of state on a vacation, a member had a collision with a tree while skiing…all at about 30 mph! Thankfully, he survived but not without major damage to various body systems. He was flown to the closest trauma center, had multiple surgeries and afterwards, had intense therapy. In total, ...
November 23, 2021
Grief: The Underbelly of Change
A big raise, a colleague relocating to a different office, and training on a new client onboarding system… all three of these items have one thing in common: change. Initial reactions run the gamut. A big raise may mean you rally the troops for a celebratory happy hour, while losing an ...
November 19, 2021
Departments Issue Interim Final Rule on Group Health Plan Cost and Pricing Disclosure
Read time: 5 minutes On November 17, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the “Departments”), with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), issued interim final regulations (IFR) to provide guidance ...
November 16, 2021
360 Feedback: Help Me, Help You
In Corporate America of days past, the entire feedback process consisted of a once-a-year conversation led by your boss. The goal was to keep it short and painless – like a shot at the doctor’s office. Since then, a series of bells and whistles were added to make it more frequent, more ...
November 10, 2021
What Employers Should Know about the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard
Read time: 30 minutes Federal workplace safety officials just released the mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule, and employers are sure to have questions. The Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will require ...
