Motivation is essential to running a successful business, but it’s a topic that’s more complex than many people realize. There are two types of motivation: extrinsic and intrinsic. When most businesses think of motivation, they settle on extrinsic, which is focused on title, rewards, status and power. But, intrinsic motivation is related to meaning and …
What Are Professional Employer Organizations & What That Means For You As An Employee? Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) offer administrative support and management services. Simply put, a PEO acts on behalf of a client, similar to the employer of the workforce.Services can include HR management, recruiting, onboarding, payroll, and managing benefits, to name but a …
Business, trade and free market groups say the restrictions will stymie job creation, decrease competitiveness, and perhaps slow economic recovery. Business leaders fear that President Donald Trump’s extension of restrictions on foreign worker visas could backfire on the limping economy. Business, trade and free market groups contend the restrictions — which took effect Wednesday — will …
Business groups fear Trump’s extended curb on foreign workers will backfire Read More »
Shelly Kapoor Collins had spent more than 10 decades in technology, but she felt that something was still missing from her career. “I knew that I loved tech, but I never quite understood the concept of working for someone else,” she said. And eventually, the mother of a 10-month-old daughter who was pregnant with a …
The Country’s Job Creators Are Increasingly Women Of Color Read More »
Last month, President Obama wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling for “a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.” The announcement by Obama to eliminate burdensome regulation was seen as dramatic tilt to the right for …
Obama Admin Blocks Two Workplace Safety Regulations, Pleasing Big Business Read More »
This week’s blog should get me in a lot of trouble. But I think it’s time that someone points out that many of the biggest business consultants, authors and speakers run really crappy businesses of their own. Okay, I’ve heard all the jokes about consultants. All go basically down the same path—a consultant is someone …
You found this blog, or return to it, because you’re interested in workplace rights and employers that follow the law to a tee, right? Well, you’ll find the latest, best information on both and meet some dynamic business contacts to boot at Winning Workplaces’ 2009 annual event that will be held in Chicago on October 1-2. We’re …
Back in April 2009, GOP chairman Michael Steele appeared as a guest on a republican-oriented talk radio show. A caller to the program voiced his opinion and stated he did not believe the U.S. is in a state of economic crisis. Steele laughed in agreement and claimed that “[t]he malls are just as packed on …
Michael Steele and the Demise of Working America Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
