Tales from Trenches: Lessons from the HR and ER Frontlines By Mark A. Lema, MHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP. At one of our client organizations, employees raised a legitimate concern — annual raises of only 3% simply weren’t enough to match rising costs. Leadership agreed, but the numbers didn’t lie. Overtime pay, constant recruiting, and the hidden …
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Tales from Trenches: Lessons from the HR and ER Frontlines By Mark A. Lema, MHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP. In my experience as an HR professional committed to building strong workplace cultures and preventing unionization, I’ve seen many young managers struggle with one key challenge: fear of conflict. One recent case involved a newly promoted supervisor who …
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Tales from Trenches: Lessons from the HR and ER Frontlines By Mark A. Lema, MHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP. Every time we return to help a client for a second time, we often face a familiar and frustrating response from employees: “Nothing has been done.” Despite their initial willingness to give management a chance—usually after voting against …
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on April 4, 2017 POSTED IN CURRENT EVENTS, PROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY By: Ashley Laken, Esq. Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB rules that fast-food company violated the National Labor Relations Act by maintaining a rule prohibiting employees from wearing unauthorized buttons or insignia and by instructing an employee to remove his “Fight For $15” …
