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Did you know multitasking contributes to employee burnout? It's happened to the best of us. 

Question: 

Do we need to pay employees for time during Lunch and Learns?

Answer: 

The answer is dependant on a test of four factors.

Question:  

The recent power outages from PG&E have affected our California operating hours. If our business is closed due to an electrical outage, will we still need to pay our employees?

Answer:

The answer depends on several factors. 

Working as a human resource manager today is no easy feat. Between managing people processes, recruitment efforts, and staying up to date on employment laws, many HR leaders feel stretched too thin. Before long, tasks start to accumulate, and the HR manager is required to work long hours to get caught up. How can an HR manager get a break? 

For those of you that haven’t heard already, May is Mental Health Awareness Month.  Whether it’s ourselves or someone we know, most of us will be touched by mental illness in some way during our life time.  Despite the positive direction that the publics perception of mental health is heading, there’s a stigma that still remains.  That stigma can cause individuals to feel ashamed for something that is out of their control.  Worst of all, it may prevent those individuals fr

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to open up the dialogue with your employees about this once taboo topic.

Every year in May, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) promotes mental and physical well-being with “Mental Health Awareness Month”. It’s an opportune time for people to evaluate where they are in terms of their own lives, and seek help if they need it. It’s also a sound reminder that the person that sits at the desk across from you at work could be dealing with some pretty serious mental illness problems in secret.

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