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Should We Celebrate the Tax Holiday?

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Should We Celebrate the Tax Holiday? On August 8th, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Treasury Department allowing for a tax holiday. The tax holiday allows for employees earning less than $104,000 per year to defer paying their Social Security taxes during the months of September through December. This would save […]

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Work or Family? Employee Choices During COVID

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Work or Family? Employee Choices During Covid Last week we hosted a webinar about employees with school aged children featuring an interview with local Covid law expert Rebecca Strauss from Miller Johnson.  In the webinar, she referenced a USA Today article that talks about the impact of the pandemic on working families.  […]

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Onboarding and Engaging New Employees – Remotely?!

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Onboarding & Engaging New Employees – Remotely?! Think about what makes your organization special.  You might list your products or services, your processes, and most definitely your employees.   But what is it about your employees that makes your organization special?  It probably isn’t that Bob is such a wonderful […]

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Getting the Most Out of Remote Work

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Getting the Most Out of Remote Work Picture yourself doing remote work.  Does that picture include working in pajamas and fuzzy slippers?  Not brushing your teeth before noon?  Working while floating in the pool? While employers have offered remote work options in the past, the pandemic has accelerated the move […]

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How is Your Culture Weathering the Pandemic?

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How is Your Culture Weathering the Pandemic? A mentor of mine once said that he liked it when things didn’t go smoothly because it gave the opportunity to show what leadership was willing to do to address challenges. His philosophy always made sense to me, so I was not surprised […]

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Are Zero-Tolerance Harassment Policies Effective?

Zero-Tolerance Harassment Policies

Are Zero-Tolerance Harassment Policies Effective? Recently, I was facilitating a course on anti-harassment and was asked if I supported zero tolerance harassment policies.  Frankly I think I surprised myself as much as the rest of the class when I vehemently responded, “absolutely not.”   Before we go any further, let’s […]

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