Let's say your company has about 1,500 employees and annual revenue of about $1.4 billion and you want to develop the next product innovation that will boost revenue and increase customer retention. What if I told you that you could hire tens of thousands of people from all over the world (some of whom already work for companies like AT&T and ...

Creating the right benefits package retains staff, says Deiric McCann Every time a valued employee leaves, a large portion of your bottom line goes with them, never to be seen again. Using 'velvet handcuffs' can make your pharmacy so attractive that these valuable assets don't want to leave. If someone leaves it's not just a case of having to go back ...

A reader writes: I have an issue with an overly dependent coworker who does not give credit. We are both fresh out of college but I’ve been working a bit longer than him. I had already proven myself in the group and have been given awards by my bosses and managers for the work I’ve done. My coworker frequently asks me ...

Nov. 4--The glass ceiling has been shattered. Now society must pick up the pace to accommodate the needs of the changing family and workplace. Today, half of all workers in the U.S. are women. For the first time, a woman is the primary or co-breadwinner in two-thirds of American families. More women also are single, and their collective power and shifting ...

NEW YORK - Even though the economy is still suffering and many small businesses won't be hiring for some time, some companies are thinking about taking on more workers. The question for many is, what kind? Some business owners will hire full-time or part-time employees, while others will consider going the independent contractor route. Temps are another option. Each kind of ...

We love it when our interviews and our hard data support each other, and that's just what happened in our recent major study on diversity. If you haven't read it, I recommend my colleague Mary Ann Downey's TrendWatcher from early October, where she writes about the interviews she has done with various diversity practitioners. Now the hard numbers are out, and ...

A reader writes: I work at a smallish (600 students, 40 or so full-time employees) private for-profit educational institution. Our classes are generally M-Tu-Th, but potential students (customers!) and other members of the community are on campus all day every day. Culture and policy here is that it's OK to wear jeans on Fridays. Recently, some staff and faculty (including the ...

A reader writes: I've been with my current employer for just over 5 years and have a really great relationship with my boss. While I used to love my job, over the past year or so, I've started to lose interest and have started looking for another job. An opportunity presented itself in another city which I'm currently interviewing for. They ...

Last month, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of a hospital employee who sued a surgeon for emotional distress and assault based on his treatment of the person at work. The ruling drew national attention as an acknowledgment by the courts of workplace bullying both as a phenomenon and as legal terminology, says Garry Mathiason, chair of the corporate compliance ...

A reader writes: I'm having a problem with my manager. I work at a convenience store to help put me through college. She's hated me from the start, most people say it's out of jealousy, I learned to ignore it. Now she is discussing my work performance online with a coworker who is not even of management position. Never once has ...

A reader writes: I am a "peak period employee" of a large company. Although I have worked 1000+ hours per year for them every year for the last decade, employees of my status are not invited to the annual holiday party. This is reserved for full-time permanent employees, and is usually a very splashy affair: evening dress, wine, dancing, etc. In ...

I read this story today and shook my head. The headline (More workers choosing fear over flex time, experts say) is designed for clicks. The amount of data supporting this assertion is nonexistent (there is literally not a single statistic cited about the decrease in flex time usage). The issue is presented in the boring way it is always presented: no ...

The National Organization for Women says the David Letterman sex scandal is raising serious questions about inappropriate behavior in the workplace. The U.S. chat-show host admitted on "Late Show with David Letterman" last Thursday that he has had sex with female employees. The on-air revelation came after Letterman testified before a grand jury that a man threatened to release the information ...

A reader writes: I recently interviewed for a position that I was recommended for by the Director. We had worked together previously, he knows I'm a good fit and very qualified so he put my name before the hiring manager. The interview went great, everyone got along swimmingly, but then the hiring manager said something along the lines of, "Well, let's ...

The year 2009 has been a watershed year for diversity issues in the U.S. From the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January to the Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, diversity issues have consistently been top of mind for corporations this year. Given the changing landscape and rising interest among i4cp member companies, we adopted a comprehensive strategy to ...

In case you’ve been in a media free zone the past couple of weeks, you know Conan O’Brien has left The Tonight Show. I’ve read takes by Libby Sartain and Jason Seiden so I am late to the party and I have various degrees of difficulty with both arguments thrown out there. Let me be perfectly clear before I begin: I ...

A Monster user asks: What constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace? There was a situation in a firehouse where a female and male firefighters slept in the same room and also shared other facilities. This woman also was helped to get down from a fire truck after she asked for help, and she stated she was touched on the buttocks. These ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about talent management in terms of the new workforce.  We all know at some point, the economy is going to rebound.  When that happens, the current speculation centers around whether companies will go back to their old ways and just start hiring people or will the new workforce be a blend of freelancers and consultants ...

A reader writes: I was promoted last week to a lead. I will be relocating to another store shortly in 1 week within the same company to work in this new role. I am enrolled at a community college and notified my manager of it. She had no problem and took me off the schedule for Mondays. I have only two ...

PART 1 | PART 2 A workplace bully could be your boss, your division's honcho or even your company's chief executive. Other workplace sociopaths could be peers who openly slander you or gang up to intimidate or isolate you. So when considering a response to this form of psychological abuse, it's critical for bullying targets to consider organizational relationships. Next ...