You know her name – Lizzo.

For years now, we’ve been enjoying Lizzo’s music, athleisure line, shows, and social media presence. She’s a fierce advocate against racial, body, sex, sexuality, and gender identity discrimination. As well as a talented entertainer. Which is why the allegations that came against her last month – claims of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment – are particularly heartbreaking.

Oftentimes employers believe pizza is helping build their company culture when it may be doing the opposite.

You may see pizza as an easy solution, but that’s often just a cop-out. Ask yourself—what is the reason you’re providing the pizza? (Keep in mind pizza is just an example here. Maybe it’s ice cream, or a buffet, or a taco truck.) What’s the reason you’re providing food as a reward?

Joint employer status, Massachusetts Wage and Hour Transparency, and the New I9 form? What more could you want from September and October?

The NLRB clearly didn’t take the summer off. This month, the NLRB’s Stericycle decision reversed the previous standard of handbook policies being placed into one of three categories 1. Always Lawful 2. Sometimes Lawful and 3. Always Unlawful. Instead, employer handbook policies will now be assessed on a case-by-case basis (since we write handbooks often, we love the irony of this language).

We’ve all received an invitation to an event and had to ask ourselves – what on earth am I supposed to wear? No one wants to show up to an event feeling that they misunderstood the unspoken rules of attire.

All employee performance evaluations or write-ups should have a place for an employee to sign. This signature indicates they’ve received the performance evaluation and understand its contents. But there may be times when an employee refuses to sign.

Let’s talk about the Job Accommodation Network (better known as JAN).

The platform is offered to both employers and employees through the Office of Disability Employment Policy under the U.S. Department of Labor. This means users can trust that the information they find on JAN is not only accurate but legally compliant.

If you’re a small business owner, you probably spend a decent amount of time monitoring customer reviews of your products or services.

After all, your star rating and reviews are one of the first things people see when they look up your business online. And you know they can be the deciding factor that people use when determining whether or not to patronize or praise your business.

After a bitter battle with Ticketmaster, pop star Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour kicked off on March 17th in Glendale Arizona. Swift performed to a staggering 70,000 fans at the city’s State Farm Stadium. And local small businesses saw the effects of the weekend-long tourism boon.

This week, our founder (and fearless leader) Dana Dowdell is in the hot seat. A self-proclaimed HR fanatic, she’s been pushing boundaries in the Human Resources field for over 12 years.

What We're Watching, a weekly summary from the team at Boss Consulting HR, to highlight the ever-moving parts that is Human Resources.

The MyCTSavings program is a state-initiated retirement savings program. And it’s spearheaded by Connecticut Comptroller, Sean Scanlon.

The program offers the opportunity for those who work in the state of Connecticut to start putting money aside for retirement. This is to help close the gap between the estimated 600,000 residents who currently have no savings plan.

When it comes to an HR skill set, the focus is often placed on compliance over technical skills. But in today’s digital world, HR professionals should now be looking to develop something new.

Technical communication. This includes things like online content, marketing, and new ways of recruiting. All are supported by how well your teams are communicating with their people.

Today we are talking about why HR professionals everywhere should be honing this skill set, and encouraging their leaders to do the same.