In January, the Italian government announced the Jobs Act, designed to protect Italy’s growing class of freelancers and the self-employed. The Jobs Act … Read more
Under the ADA, Working Overtime Can be Considered an Essential Job Function
By Eric B. Meyer Back in 2012, when I wasn’t part of this new protected class, I wrote here about whether an employer would violate the Americans with … Read more
If Simplicity Is Key to an Irresistible Organization, How Do We Get to That?
I was thinking recently about how simplicity can be applied to improving the human experience at work. The idea grew from Josh Bersin’s report on creating … Read more
The New Rules Of Work? They’re A Waste Of Time In The Real World
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. I’m usually a big fan of Fast … Read more
How the Knowledge Economy Is Completely Redefining HR
The “knowledge economy,” coined in 1967 in Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive, has marked the transition from the production-centric model of the … Read more
Are You Pushing the Limits on Your Labor and Your Workforce?
One of the first things I learned in Industrial Psychology was the breakdown and distribution of labor. I learned what it meant to have a full-time … Read more
What Women Want From Today’s Workplace
Comedian Demetri Martin does a comedy bit about how if you want to sound like a creep, just add “…ladies” to the end of everything you say, as in, “Thanks … Read more
What a Bad Boss Can Do To An Employee’s Health
Editor’s Note: As I wind down my time as Editor of TLNT — I’m leaving in April — I wanted to share some of my favorite TLNT posts. Here’s one from October … Read more
How a Seasoned Manager Skillfully Deals With a Disgruntled Employee
It’s 8 pm on a Wednesday and Mike Royer, one of the managing principals of Berry Talbot Royer, an accounting firm, receives a text from an employee, who we … Read more
The Powerful and Lasting Lessons You Learn From Failure
There are few things in business that have a higher economic value than innovation. But unfortunately, along with that economic value come a lot of issues … Read more