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20 03, 2020

Financial Support for Workers affected by COVID-19

By |2020-04-15T08:45:50-07:00March 20, 2020|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|Comments Off on Financial Support for Workers affected by COVID-19

Sick or Quarantined If you’re unable to work due to having or being exposed to COVID-19 (certified by a medical professional), you can file a Disability Insurance (DI) claim. DI provides short-term benefit payments to eligible workers who have a full or partial loss of wages due to a non-work-related illness, injury, or pregnancy. Benefit amounts are approximately 60-70 percent of wages (depending on income) and range from $50-$1,300 a week. You can collect DI benefits for the first week you are out of work. If you are eligible, the EDD processes and issues payments within a few weeks of [...]

18 03, 2020

Self-Preservation with Compassion: The 3 W’s for Steering Through COVID-19 in a Small Business

By |2020-04-15T08:43:24-07:00March 18, 2020|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|Comments Off on Self-Preservation with Compassion: The 3 W’s for Steering Through COVID-19 in a Small Business

In the face of this challenge we know you are concerned about how your company will be affected and what you must do next. As you genuinely and compassionately take measures to ensure the safety of your employees and customers, you must also take hard, rational steps to protect financial performance. The workplace You’ve probably already safeguarded workers health and safety with cleaner environments, flexible and remote working, and shift patterns with minimal staff overlap. As the Federal Government passes new Acts, call our hotline for advice on continuously evolving mandates and emergency measures about paid sick leave, FMLA, health [...]

10 02, 2020

Five Things Your Competitors Know About Harassment Training

By |2020-02-10T12:12:10-08:00February 10, 2020|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Learning & Development|Comments Off on Five Things Your Competitors Know About Harassment Training

Each year, the Peoplescape team talks with hundreds of  organizations and business leaders looking for the best training for their employees. When it comes to  preventing bad behavior in the workplace, (harassment trainings) there are so many out there – how do you  know what to look for? As Anti-Harassment and Sensitivity Training experts here are 5 training features, we suggest using to pick the best fit for your company: […]

26 08, 2019

Keeping Your Talent: Smart Lifestyle Reward Strategies for Any Sized Company

By |2019-08-28T15:33:08-07:00August 26, 2019|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|Comments Off on Keeping Your Talent: Smart Lifestyle Reward Strategies for Any Sized Company

When you can only pay a low salary, how can you still recruit great talent? Start-ups, small and medium-sized firms are just some of those restricted by salary obstacles when it comes to hiring and keeping the best talent. And it’s a serious problem, as outstanding talent can make or break these companies more than any other. Here are our Sure-Fire Ways to Fight Back. […]

15 05, 2018

The Untapped Talent Pool – Neurodiversity

By |2018-05-15T08:04:28-07:00May 15, 2018|Blogs, Frontpage Articles|Comments Off on The Untapped Talent Pool – Neurodiversity

‘Neurodiversity’ is a relatively new term that refers to people who have dyslexia, autism, ADHD, dyspraxia and other neurological conditions. These are ‘spectrum’ conditions, with a wide range of characteristics, but which nevertheless share some common features in terms of how people learn and process information. On April 26, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on the prevalence of autism in the United States. The incidence of autism in the United States is now 1 in 37 among boys and 1 in 151 among girls. Many people with these disorders have higher-than-average abilities; research [...]

14 03, 2018

The Shocking Revelation about Candidate Communication: Human versus Machine

By |2018-04-11T15:43:52-07:00March 14, 2018|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Technology|Comments Off on The Shocking Revelation about Candidate Communication: Human versus Machine

Mark was the CEO of a Stage 3 successful internet startup and was having sleepless nights about his employee relations issues. He knew he was only one employee away from a wage and hour claim, his team had grown from 1 to 100, they were passionate about their business and driven to meet demanding schedules.  They didn’t want a corporate feel of policies, procedures, handbooks, but the prospect of financial ruin from noncompliance stalked him daily. He needed a Director of HR, preferably yesterday, but his informal networks yielded very little and the quality that flooded in via monster.com was [...]

22 02, 2018

2018 Will Be the Year of Unconscious Bias

By |2018-04-11T15:45:29-07:00February 22, 2018|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|Comments Off on 2018 Will Be the Year of Unconscious Bias

More than 85% of men in the US are shorter than 6ft tall, yet almost 60% of corporate CEOs are over 6ft tall. (Blink by Malcolm Gladwell). Unconscious bias is an awkward subject. Acknowledging it says we limit the way we relate to others, our view of the world and how we lead our organizations, our communities, and our families. Let’s be honest, we don’t want to admit our bias. In this watershed year, however, everything has changed. The veil has been lifted and the status quo is not an option. […]

21 12, 2017

Who Cares!  I’m a Small Business… Anti-Discrimination Laws Don’t Apply…Do They?

By |2018-04-11T15:48:36-07:00December 21, 2017|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|Comments Off on Who Cares!  I’m a Small Business… Anti-Discrimination Laws Don’t Apply…Do They?

As a small business owner and an employer in California, you have legal responsibilities under the State (CFRA) and Federal (FEHA) employment anti-discrimination laws. Both Federal and California laws prohibit discrimination in the workplace based on an employee’s “protected characteristics”. […]

4 12, 2017

The 4 Most Important Steps to avoiding a Holiday Party Harassment Claim

By |2018-04-11T15:48:56-07:00December 4, 2017|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|Comments Off on The 4 Most Important Steps to avoiding a Holiday Party Harassment Claim

The heightened attention to workplace harassment and inappropriateness proves that we must all double our efforts to ensure that we set a professional tone and help prevent harassing incidents.  As an employer, you have a legal duty to prevent harassment at holiday parties, just like you have a legal duty to prevent harassment in the office. As a leader and individual, you have a golden ticket to model the right behaviors and define professional respect in the workplace. Here are our tips on how you can exert some control over office party festivities this season. […]

31 07, 2017

Onboarding or Integrating Executives? How to do it Right

By |2018-04-11T15:55:00-07:00July 31, 2017|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|Comments Off on Onboarding or Integrating Executives? How to do it Right

Does your organization have an onboarding process for new hires? Do you remember to afford  your new executives the same privilege. While the job you foresee for an executive is different from that of most new hires, these new folks  are just as unfamiliar with your organization as the trainees.  In 2015 Snapchat lost eight  senior executives with only one lasting past the eight-month mark.  While turnover among leadership is not unusual for a startup, it does raise a red flag that something isn’t working. […]

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