Nowhere is this shown better than in his Slack blog post on staying productive as an executive. Based on his own experiences, Kwok recommends combining big strategies and small hacks to stay productive despite a busy schedule. This includes simple things like learning keyboard shortcuts to big-picture ideas such as scheduling time for thinking and organizing tasks around your own productivity levels. . She is a pioneer of equal pay and has overseen Salesforce spend $8.7 MORE

Promoting equal pay practices improves employee efficiency and productivity, helps attract the best employees, reduces turnover, and increases employee commitment. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 and later Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 together tell us that employers must pay equal wages to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions. Ensure interviewing teams are diverse. MORE

We love our ZeneWomen here at Zenefits. The Do’s and Don’ts to starting an employee resource group in your company: Make sure there’s diversity within your resource group. Think negotiation, productivity, internal communication, etc. Celebrate the women in your office on International Women’s Day by kicking off a new resource group (hint: equal pay day is just around the corner). MORE

Creating an inspiring environment that fuels employee productivity is a lot easier said than done. Understand the difference between efficiency and productivity. In a March 2017 article titled “ Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency ” for Harvard Business Review, Michael Mankins writes that “efficiency is about doing the same with less.” Business productivity, however, is tied to the product of performance. Zenefits MORE

We love our ZeneWomen here at Zenefits. The Do’s and Don’ts to starting an employee resource group in your company: Make sure there’s diversity within your resource group. Think negotiation, productivity, internal communication, etc. Celebrate the women in your office on International Women’s Day by kicking off a new resource group (hint: equal pay day is just around the corner). MORE

Stan Kimer, president of diversity and career engagement consultancy Total Engagement Consulting , believes the problem is driven by stereotypes. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year. Often the mature employee can bring vast institutional, product and marketplace knowledge to the table.”. The best approach is to … have a great mix where they can each bring something to the table and work together to make the company more productive and profitable.”. MORE

With a fast-growing small business, compliance is just one of many things on your to-do list, behind hiring, improving operations, and fine-tuning your products. Equal Pay Act (EPA), via EEOC. One key amendment, the Labor Management Relations Act, grants employers an equal position in union-employee-employer disputes and outlines dispute procedures. In compliance with Title VII, employers must maintain diversity records for workplaces and individual employees. MORE

With striking statistics showing anywhere between 53% and 85% of American workers are impacted by these concerns, employers are wondering how to most effectively address these concerns to ultimately increase productivity and job satisfaction. Society for Human Resource Management suggests that this financial wellness benefit may both increase productivity and reduce stress. A diverse workforce means a diverse amount of financial concerns beyond just student loan anxiety. MORE

Although hiring for diversity is the first step, it shouldn’t stop there. To design an inclusive workplace, leadership teams need to first understand what the term means and how it’s different from diversity. But what exactly is inclusion and how does it differ from diversity? Diversity is making sure everybody is invited to the party. While you may have a diverse workforce, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s an inclusive workplace. MORE

billion of that, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filings rose to $485.3 But new research suggests an increasing number of small and midsize companies are looking to outsource HR, with benefits being: Businesses can get diverse experience and knowledge without paying for multiple full-time staff. You decrease errors in manual entry, while maintaining primary business productivity. MORE

When you’re growing a team, there are few things worse (or less productive) than being bogged down by paperwork, tracking down employees to get their signatures, and manually collecting employee data. Everything from I9s to professional licenses is stored in Zenefits’ Employee Documents app. MORE

Creating an inspiring environment that fuels employee productivity is a lot easier said than done. Understand the difference between efficiency and productivity. In a March 2017 article titled “ Great Companies Obsess Over Productivity, Not Efficiency ” for Harvard Business Review, Michael Mankins writes that “efficiency is about doing the same with less.” Business productivity, however, is tied to the product of performance. MORE