The percentage of workers made to feel guilt or shame for taking a vacation has dropped to 41% this year from 49% last year, according to the Alamo Rent A Car Family Vacation Survey. Job candidates should ask employers about vacation policies before accepting an offer to gauge company culture and views of work-life balance, writes Monster career expert Vicki Salemi. U.S. News & World Report (3/29)
Recruiting & Retention
Drop assumptions to find competent older workers Contrary to common thinking, workers older than 55 are in relatively short supply, Gwen Moran writes. She offers three strategies for tapping into this resource, including ditching assumptions that these workers lack tech savvy or energy. Fast Company online (3/29)
Engage employees in wellness events Creating wellness events requires careful thought, the right promotional messaging, engaging calls to action, and opportunities for employee feedback. This step-by-step guide shows you how to develop and execute health and wellness events that benefit your employees and organization. Get the guide.
When skilled employees earn more than their bosses The boss isn't always the most valuable player on a business team. Suzanne Lucas explores five reasons a talented employee might command a higher salary than the person in charge. Inc. online (3/29)
The HR Leader
Waiter says former employer wrongly fired him for rude behavior Waiter Guillaume Rey is suing former employer Milestones Grill and Bar, saying that the rude behavior the Canadian establishment cited when firing him was just the "direct, honest and professional" manner he learned while in France. The French waiter will have to show specifically what part of his background "would result in behavior that people misinterpret as a violation of workplace standards of acceptable conduct," wrote a tribunal judge. Quartz (3/27)
Workplace Chatter
Lessons from nature that apply to work Your natural instincts can help you survive in the business world, writes Roar Africa founder Deborah Calmeyer. Be patient, persevere and adapt to your environment. Forbes (3/26)
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
