Month: August 2018

A California state audit revealed that a Department of Motor Vehicles employee took three-hour naps at work every day for four years.  The unnamed data operator will reportedly not be disciplined because the infractions weren't documented properly.  The dozing amounted to 2,200 hours of work time and cost the state...

Chick-fil-A’s first freestanding restaurant – and its largest in the country - will open in New York City onOct. 3.  Located at 37th Street and 6th Avenue in the Garment District, the area boasts the third busiest subway stop in the city, so it’s likely that the infamous Chick-fil-A lines will...

Some very large, well-known companies have rolled back their work at home policies in the past few years, citing a lack of productivity and fewer opportunities for employee collaboration.  However, according to Nicholas Bloom, a Professor of Economics at Stanford, a recent two-year study revealed that employees who worked from home...

According to a Justice Department survey, one-third of the U.S. working-age population has a criminal record. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Charles Koch Institute (CKI) recently conducted a study showing that many employees, managers, and Human Resources (HR) professionals, are open to working with and...

More than 40 police officers have left the Seattle Police Department this year, citing frustration with city politics and a perceived lack of support. This news story comes on the heels of a call I received from a prospective client, who had $1M USD in employee turnover in 2017. ...