Russel Stuart

Wellness programs at the workplace, as we all know, are crucial to ensuring the wellbeing and health of the employees in an organization’s workplace. But today’s wellness programs have their own...

Bullying at the workplace is a serious issue that can have major consequences for employees and the organization. HR has to nip it in the bud before it spirals out of control.Very quickly, bullying...

That change is the only constant has been repeated ad infinitum and implanted into the minds of everyone in management from the boardrooms to the cafeteria over the years. Almost everyone seems to be...

An organization that fosters civility is perceived as one that people can do business with. The opposite holds equally true.Civility at the workplace is synonymous with the times in which we live. The...

Payroll professionals have their hands full when it comes to classification of Exempt and Nonexempt employees. They need to exercise utmost caution in this areaThis is one area that payroll...

It is essential for HR to audit a host of its practices and functions. This audit is meant to ensure that the organization stays on course with its goals.HR, which conducts the organization’s various...

Conflict Management is considered indispensable to growth in organizations. Prudent HR professionals understand how to use this for the organization's growth.Like change, conflict too, is an integral...

The Millennials are the next big thing and the next big wave of the American workforce. Fifty percent of the American workforce will consist of the Millennials by 2020-21, by some estimates. What...

Let’s admit it. Not all bosses and coworkers are pleasant. Many are, but many others are offensive, uncooperative, jealous, rancorous, cantankerous and what not. In workplaces, in which we spend a...

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) is an important, recent legislation passed by the American Congress. Having come into effect from mid-2008; GINA is closely tied to, and is, in...

Organizations, especially their HR, have to take utmost care in dealing with discipline and termination. Not doing so could cost them dear.Disciplining and terminating employees is a crucial function...

As with law, the dictum for management is this: What is not documented does not exist. One can look back at the age-old Latin adage to this effect -Verba Volant, Scripta Manent, meaning "what is said...

One of the important relationships that define an organization’s destiny is the one between the mentor and mentee. When handled properly, it is a highly effective means of delegating, increasing...

The US federal law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has been enacted for establishing the following: Minimum wage Overtime pay eligibility Recordkeeping Child labor standards. It covers both...

Pre-employment testing is an important and integral testing in the process of hiring the right candidate. It is aimed at gauging the potential or proven abilities of a candidate who the organization...