Communication | Total Rewards | Risk Management | Business Management & Strategy | Employee Relations
The Cultural Problems of Reclassifying Exempt Employees to Non-Exempt under FLSA In June 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a key change to the provisions for determining exemption from overtime by raising the minimum standard level for salaried workers from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $970 per week ($50,440 annually). While the rule is not yet final and is not expected to be in place until 2016, organizations all over the US are preparing for the impact, both financially and culturally. Many times the latter is overlooked.
Communication | Total Rewards | Business Management & Strategy | Best Practices | Employee Relations
We’ve all been there... You filled out your annual self-evaluation. Your manager reviewed it. Your manager reviewed your performance and sent their review and your self-review to your second level manager for review and approval. You have a meeting with your manager to review the appraisal. You sign off on the appraisal. Your manager signs off on your sign off. Your second level manager signs off and finalizes the appraisal.
Business Management & Strategy | Best Practices | Employee Relations
Defining “work-life balance” is difficult. Eventually, as you stay committed to finding what works for your organization, the definition becomes less nebulous. At Helios HR, our definition centers around integration instead of balance. When we first start, we work with our mentors and team leads to determine what works for us: when to answer immediately, when to allow the email to sit until morning, and when to leave the phone altogether.
Communication | Risk Management | Business Management & Strategy | Best Practices | Employee Relations
Human capital is your most important asset. A lot of organizations talk about this in executive speeches, marketing materials and advertisements. If you are one of these organizations, what are doing to support this statement?
Business Management & Strategy | Best Practices | Employee Relations | Talent Acquisition
While on client site, sitting in Leadership meetings, attending training, there is always one key initiative all companies are talking about right now: How do we attract top talent and, how do we get those people to stay?
Business Management & Strategy
For the majority of American’s, at one point or another we have probably had some sort of authority figure directing our work. If you are one of those who decided to skip this step and go into business yourself at the age of 15, I applaud you! For the rest of us, we have had some incarnation of a boss or supervisor who has directed our daily activities at some point in our lives.
