Boston’s Hyatt Hotels: Not Much Hospitality Toward Their Own Workers
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Recently I saw an excellent speaker at an HR conference. She was enthusiastic, smart, well read and incredibly informed on her subject. Her topic was increasing employee involvement and I was very...
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School’s out for summer! Or it will be soon, and many teens will start summer jobs or even their very first real job. Yet schools do little, if anything, to prepare teens for the realities of the...
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After human resources was informed in 2014 that Emily Nestor, former front desk assistant for the Weinstein Company, was allegedly sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein, company officials reportedly...
View ArticleBoston’s Hyatt Hotels: Not Much Hospitality Toward Their Own Workers
Share this postAn ongoing labor story here in Boston underscores why jobs and employment must remain one of our highest political, economic, and policy priorities. It involves three Hyatt hotels whose...
View ArticleCompanies That Care About Workers’ Rights: Apply Now to be Named a 2010 Top...
Share this postInc. magazine and the nonprofit I work for, Winning Workplaces, have partnered to find and recognize exemplary workplaces; those that motivate, engage and reward people. A model...
View ArticleUpward Assessment of Darth Vader
Share this postA recent survey by The Conference Board, a not-for-profit organization that disseminates information about business management and economic trends, showed that job satisfaction in...
View ArticleHR—Friend or Foe
Share this postLast week a friend stopped by who’d just been riffed by Microsoft (reduction in force, for the luckily uninitiated). She spoke angrily about the HR woman who answered most of her...
View ArticleBe The Change You Want to See
Share this postRecently I saw an excellent speaker at an HR conference. She was enthusiastic, smart, well read and incredibly informed on her subject. Her topic was increasing employee involvement and...
View ArticleHolding Yourself Back
Share this postThis is a first, this week’s blog is a letter to a friend. But I think the message applies to a many people out there. Heck, if the shoe fits, consider this your New Year’s Resolution…...
View Article13 Things Every Teen Needs To Know About Workplace Rights
Share this postSchool’s out for summer! Or it will be soon, and many teens will start summer jobs or even their very first real job. Yet schools do little, if anything, to prepare teens for the...
View ArticleHR Has Never Been on the Side of Workers. #MeToo Is More Proof.
Share this postAfter human resources was informed in 2014 that Emily Nestor, former front desk assistant for the Weinstein Company, was allegedly sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein, company...
View ArticleThe Role And Purpose of A PEO
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