Protecting Temporary Workers
Protecting Temporary Workers Workers employed through staffing agencies are generally called temporary or supplied workers. For the purposes of these recommended practices, “temporary workers” are those supplied to a host employer and paid by a staffing agency, whether or not the job is actually temporary. Whether temporary or permanent, all workers always have a right […]
A Guide to Hiring and Training Seasonal Employees
Loss Control Insights A Guide to Hiring and Training Seasonal Employees Hiring seasonal workers is a necessity in some industries such as construction, manufacturing, agriculture, lawn care and retail. These workers can boost production during the summer, over the holiday season or when there’s a large contract to fulfill. There are various ways to find […]
Getting Creative With Job Modifications
Disabilities are as individual as the employees experiencing them. A disability can be temporary, such as an employee returning to work after an injury; or can be permanent, such as an employee who has spinal injuries after a car accident or a disease affecting hearing, sight or mobility. PTSD and other mental health issues are […]
Are Annual Performance Reviews Becoming a Thing of the Past?
by Nancy Owen, PHR Somewhere around the middle of 2015, many large companies decided they would stop conducting annual performance reviews. These companies included Adobe, Google, Deloitte, Accenture, GE, and Red Hat; just to name a few. This change in the mindset of large employers had many other companies following suit and doing away with […]