Training and arming managers to protect the workplace carry legal implications, including liability for accidental injury or death and for the mental health of individuals who carry firearms, employment-law attorneys say. Lawyers recommend hiring a safety consultant to identify vulnerabilities and threats.
How Wellbeing Shapes Workplace Cultures Employee wellbeing is a vital part of any business strategy. This new white paper from the OC Tanner Institute highlights the impact of wellbeing on culture, and the symbiotic relationship between wellbeing and recognition.
Benz Communications CEO Jennifer Benz says employers should promote physical, emotional and financial well-being and allow employees to take time during the work day to take care of themselves. Movement Mortgage created a 20-minute period during a work day to allow employees time to do a financial wellness assessment and retirement planning checkup.
Retirement in the US is no longer the well-defined institution it once was, writes Andie Burjek. Now it's up to workers and their employers to chart a way forward in a world in which retirement takes on new forms.
A seminar for freshmen at Mountwest Community & Technical College in West Virginia includes an assessment that seeks to match students with potential career paths. School officials also prepare occupational exploration outlines for students that show them the training and certifications required for certain careers.
Women and minorities tend to do more "office housework" and fewer high-profile assignments that lead to promotion, write Joan Williams and Marina Multhaup. Organizations should survey workers to see who handles housework and redistribute assignments as necessary.
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
