Could Taking on Unpaid Summer Interns Lead to Trouble Under the FLSA?
Unpaid internships are viewed universally as great opportunities for students to acquire valuable job skills and experience. However, warns Evelyn Gentry, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, there are downsides for employers that use unpaid interns, the most notable being potential violations of the FLSA.
Diversity Training Exercise: Can This Comment Lead to Legal Trouble?
As the U.S. workforce grows more and more diverse, your supervisors need to be trained on how to manage employees from many walks of life. Today’s Advisor gives you a simple diversity training exercise you can use to avoid legal trouble by training your supervisors about what to say.
Are You Slipping Up on Slips, Trips, and Falls Training?
Slips, trips, and falls are a common workplace accident that can almost always be prevented–as long as you don’t fall down on your slips, trips, and falls training!
A New Mentoring Model for Training the Next Generation
Mentoring has been a tried-and-true method of training for centuries. But the old model of mentoring in which an older, more experienced worker passes on knowledge to a younger, less experienced worker, is being replaced by a new model, says mentoring expert Lois Zachary.
How to Balance the Power of Leadership
Sometimes people confuse leadership with power. Leaders are often portrayed as hard-driving, hardnosed, and headstrong. And many good leaders have those qualities to be sure. But it takes both force and influence to lead others effectively.
Successful Succession Planning Requires Training Employees at All Levels
Traditionally, succession planning focused on an orderly transition at the top of the company. Today the focus is on dealing with the coming “brain drain” most companies will experience as baby boomers begin to retire.
Train Your Trainers Not To Make These Mistakes
In today’s issue, Attorney Philippe Weiss tells what he thinks will go wrong in your training sessions.
8 Steps to Conflict Resolution
Today, an 8-step conflict resolution process that you can train your employees to use for resolving any type of workplace conflict.
Another Court Case that Hinged on a Training Program
In a previous issue, we described a court case in which an employer’s training program saved the day in a legal wrangle over a workers’ comp claim. Today, we examine another case that turned largely on the effectiveness of a training program.
Do Your Managers Know the #1 Thing That Makes You a Lawsuit Magnet?
The number one thing that makes a lawsuit attractive to a plaintiff’s lawyer? When no reason is given for a termination. In today’s Advisor, advice from the other side of the courtroom—plaintiff’s attorney Whitney Warner spills about the management mistakes she looks for in planning legal actions against companies like yours.