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How employee resource groups can help employees and your business

Insperity

It’s a good idea to consult with your legal team as you define your policy on employee resource groups and work with active groups. To avoid the appearance of having employer-sponsored unions: Don’t let managers or executive sponsors directly control employee resource group meetings or events, or make decisions for the group.

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Algorithms control workers. Here is one example how

Work Life

Notably, “Nikefication” largely evaded existing legal oversight and costs. These measures are not easily enforced across geographic borders that have different legal standards and enforcement mechanisms. Shareholders celebrated Nike because this outsourcing lowered its labor costs.

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Employee or Independent Contractor? How to Properly Classify Your Workers and Ensure Compliance

Insperity

Note: Classifying workers as independent contractors or employees is a complex legal and tax issue. When evaluating your workers’ classifications, you need to examine your business’ relationship with those workers, paying special attention to your company’s degree of control in the relationship and the workers’ degree of independence.

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How to Hire for a Job That You Don’t Understand

Insperity

A job description is a legal document, so make sure it is compliant with Title VII regulations that outline nondiscriminatory practices. Ask yourself: “How do I stack up compared to other companies that are advertising for similar positions?”. This is a good place to start. Determine cost. How might this job grow or change over time?

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts. Margaret later revealed that she had Type 2 Diabetes, struggled with controlling her blood sugar, and had attended support groups to get better control.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

So well that no Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) were needed to show they worked. They might be randomizing, and controlling with a placebo, but they were doing Assays—Randomized Controlled Assays (RCAs). Leber left ‘Randomization’ and ‘Controls’ in place in the new Assays. Who said no RCTs were needed?

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getting a friend fired, employer is controlling workers’ LinkedIn accounts, and more

Ask a Manager

Employer set up LinkedIn accounts for everyone and won’t release control of them. I’d bet it violates their terms of service to set up accounts using other people’s identities and refuse to release control of them. (In I just started a new job a few months ago in advertising sales. Here we go…. short answers'