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5 Key Takeaways from California’s Latest Employment Law Changes
By Belinda Morris|2024-11-04T12:02:21-08:00November 4, 2024|
At Peoplescape, we’re committed to keeping you in the loop on California’s ever-evolving employment laws. As your trusted business advisors, we know that legal changes can seem complex but applying them in your business doesn’t have to be. As we coast through Q4 and start thinking of the holidays and beyond, here’s a rundown of whatcoming up in 2025 and how to integrate these updates into your operations. 1. Freelancers and Contracts: Clarity Is Key What’s New? California’s Freelance Worker Protection Act (SB 988) requires written contracts for freelance jobs over $250, covering service details, payment rates, and deadlines. This clear documentation protects freelancers and your business by establishing mutual expectations from the start. How we Recommend You Apply It: For freelance projects, use a standardized contract template. Clear, consistent contracts prevent misunderstandings and make managing freelance work a breeze—keeping things professional and legally sound. Ask us to draft you [...]
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Shift from “Me” Performance to “We” Performance with Agile Performance Management
2019-04-18T21:39:25-07:00By Peoplescape Consulting Group|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|
In our previous two blogs we discussed what it takes to become Agile and how recruiting needs to evolve. Now you have great talent onboard, how do you continue to manage their performance in an Agile way? The way in which performance is managed and measured deeply affects the culture of the organization. Traditional methods have individual goals, targets, key improvement areas and 360 reviews. With an Agile organization, these are replaced with continuous [...]
# 2 Hiring and Managing Talent in an Agile Culture
2020-01-08T14:25:01-08:00By Peoplescape Consulting Group|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|
In the first part of “Human Factor of Agile – Are You Ready”, we discussed what it takes, from a people perspective, to become Agile. In this 2nd part, we delve deeper, and see how recruiting needs to evolve, for you to build an Agile organization. In many ways agile can be considered a swift feedback control process. For recruiting that means: 1. validating with hiring managers on the quality before going too far 2. [...]
#1 Getting your “Agile Culture on” Defining how to engage employees and enable human factors for success in 2019
2020-01-08T14:33:47-08:00By Stuti Dhandhania|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|
The “Agile Culture” or “Agile Organization” has been the buzz word for a while now. It started with product development and progressed to an organization style. But are organizations ready? Do we even know what it requires? In an Agile culture, we shift the focus from the process to the outcome. The main question to answer, at each point, is “What does the customer want?” This model essentially empowers teams to do what it takes [...]
5 Key Ways to Motivate and Engage Creatives
2019-02-04T13:03:12-08:00By Stuti Dhandhania|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|
HR gurus have researched motivation for decades, and all the books and theories could fill the largest library in the world. And yet, every organization struggles with keeping its people motivated. The reason being that motivation and engagement is a balancing act between the individual them self and the organization’s connection with the individual, and this can vary person-to-person and day-to-day. […]
Stop Screening Candidates: What We Can Learn from Designers
2019-01-03T17:59:32-08:00By Omer Molad|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|
Screening candidates isn’t helping you. In technology, user experience design is very close to our hearts. We are constantly trying to make it easier for our prospective customers to gain value from our products and services. We try to make the experience as welcoming as possible and take them on a journey. When it comes to our prospective team members, perversely, we seem to take the opposite approach. When people express an interest in joining [...]
Must Have HR Technologies for 2019
2019-01-03T17:56:35-08:00By Caryl Porte Laborde|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Technology|
Must Have HR Tech Tools It’s the end of the year! As enterprises start planning for the following year, let’s pause to highlight emerging and continuing trends inHR technology. […]
AI Modernizing HR beyond Talent Acquisition
2018-12-06T11:31:26-08:00By Caryl Porte Laborde|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|
AI is modernizing HR beyond talent acquisition. According to Littler’s 2018 Annual Employer Survey AI and data analytics guide HR strategy and management decisions (31%), analyze workplace policies (24%), and automate tasks (22%). […]
AI Making Talent Acquisition So Much Better
2018-11-29T16:43:36-08:00By Caryl Porte Laborde|Blogs, Talent Search & Recruitment|
At the last SHRM event in Chicago, the most popular vendor had to be Careerbuilder’s interactive booth. HR pros lined up like kids waiting for a Disneyland ride. Sure, we had to spin a wheel for a give-away, but what really held our attention was the video of a mobile experience that leverages AI, augmented reality, gamification and hyper-localized search to revolutionize recruiting. […]
Hacking Trends in Creative Recruiting
2018-11-01T16:20:09-07:00By Caryl Porte Laborde|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|
The creative industry has long been thought of as “fun”; you get to work in music, entertainment, design, marketing, advertising, technology and branding to name a few. The creative space is our market and we see how our clients are innovators not just in their products but also in the way they recruit their next team member. Much like selling a product, the concept of hiring the best means they want to gain competitive edge [...]
10 Hot Tips To Impact Diversity and Innovation in Your Hiring!
2018-10-10T08:07:21-07:00By Becca Dugan|Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|
I have worked on talent teams in many companies over the years and noticed that on the whole, most employees are successful and driven. Yet, the differentiator driving one company to succeed over the other is innovation. Innovation comes from diversity. Diversity is including employees with new ideas and different ways of thinking. A recent EY report confirms that diverse companies are 35% more likely to have financial returns above the national medians for their [...]