What to Do When an Employee Abandons their Job
By Kimberly Kafafian One day an employee just doesn’t show up for work. No phone call, no email, no text – no explanation. The next day, the same thing occurs. And the day after that, still no contact. Their actions are impacting your ability to run your business. What can you do about their […]
The Growing Importance of HR in an Organization’s Success
By Kimberly Kafafian As the saying goes, a company is only as good as its people. We’ll take that a bit further and say that your people are only as good as the effort, the investment, you put into them. And that is where we come in; as Human Resources professionals play an integral […]
Gender Pay Equity Needs to Stay in the Spotlight
By Kimberly Kafafian This month we celebrate International Women’s Day and Equal Pay Day. In acknowledgement of both, I need to shine the spotlight again on gender pay equity. In reviewing our long history with pay equity issues, efforts toward equal pay continue to feel like lip service. In 1942, the National War Labor […]
What Does Equity in the Workplace Mean?
Equity in the workplace is frequently the focus of articles on building an inclusive culture, typically highlighted in DEI&B (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) training, and often addressed in news features on workplace topics, such as pay disparity. While the buzzword is familiar, what “equity” exactly means is not always clear to those who are […]
Human Rights and Human Resource Management Are Intertwined
Companies have a responsibility to respect and protect their employees’ human rights – both ethically and legally. While such respect and protection should be embedded throughout all business functions, human resource management team members are those most closely entrenched in the concept. They are the team members tasked with creating policies and procedures that promote […]