Well today is the first day of the International EAPA conference. This year the conference is being held in Dallas, Texas. It is a wonderful conference where Employee Assistance Professionals and vendors in the EAP space come together to learn and share best practices. The whole goal is to provide services for employees and employers [...]
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Msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen wrote a great piece this week about the recent surge in U.S. business productivity corresponding with a drop in labor costs (“Americans working much harder – for less pay.”) The explanation is that fewer employees are carrying more of the workload at reduced salaries.
The news, which is likely to appeal to [...]
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Yesterday was a great day at SHRM. First of all, New Orleans is a great city and it is great to feel a part of contributing to the re-building of the city by being at this conference and giving money to the local economy. The food is great and the people are too.
Just a couple [...]
This continues to be a very active time in terms of legislation especially in the area of employment law. Below is the most recent edition of “Employment Law Updates”. These updates are provided by Jon Vegosen, a founding member of the Chicago law firm of Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd. (“FVLD”). FVLD is a full [...]
I have always wished that, when I go to a party and someone asks me what I do for a living, I could just give a simple answer. Unfortunately there isn’t one that won’t leave people scratching their heads. As an attorney, it would be easy. I could say I practiced law and specialized in [...]
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This time every year I learn about brackets (actually this has been turned into a science called “bracketology”) and pools. Let me be clear though that I am not talking about the kind of brackets we use when writing or the pools we swim in. As I am sure you all know, I am talking about the famed college [...]
In our quest to continue to provide all of our friends with useful information, I am writing this post about protecting yourself from Floods. You may be asking what does this have to do with the workplace or employees. Well, it has a lot to do with both. Keeping our employees engaged is the key. And [...]
As mentioned in a previous blog post, we are going to keep you up-to-date on any recent or upcoming laws that affect the workplace. In order to do this, we have asked Jon Vegosen, a founding member of the Chicago law firm of Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd. (“FVLD”), to periodically summarize these changes. [...]
I got into this field to help people but I never thought I would end up helping people in the workplace. I also never would have believed that I would be working with organizations around productivity but I learned very early on in my career that this is the one place where you can have the most [...]
When employees are able to successfully manage family life and responsibilities, they are free to perform to maximum potential at work. More and more companies today are realizing the importance of balance between work and family life and are implementing programs to help their employees succeed at home, directly influencing their success at work.
Through the [...]
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