Sat.May 12, 2018

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South Africa attempts Compliance, Cracks Down on Illegal Employment

Global People Strategist

Africans and other foreign nationals in South Africa have faced intense scrutiny from the South African government this past week. Africans and other foreign nationals in South Africa have faced intense scrutiny from the South African government this past week. On Wednesday, 25 foreign nationals in the African nation were arrested on the grounds of failing to comply with the Immigration and Labor Acts.

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Breaks at Work: Helpful or Hurtful?

Hppy

Breaks are those short gaps in time that you or your employees can take to put some mental distance between yourselves and the work you’re doing. Sometimes the workload can be so overwhelming or so hefty that it can tempt you to forsake a break. Also read: How to Design an Office for Maximizing Employee Happiness. You may think, for example, that you’ll never get finished with your work on time if you dare to take that 15 minutes.

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3 Ways to Clarify Role Confusion in Your Organization

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We all know what happens when everybody thinks somebody’s responsible for a certain task – nobody ends up doing it. Poorly defined roles can lead to stress, conflict, and failure in the workplace. If your company’s objectives are not met despite everyone pulling their weight, role clarification could be the solution. Vital Steps Towards Role Clarification in Your Business.

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Predictably Irrational: Behavioral Economics, Talent Management and Employer Branding

Working Girl

Inspired by my recent work sourcing and coaching speakers for the 2018 TEDxTUM event in Munich, I’ve been devouring great books by former TED speakers. One of these that stood out was Dan Ariely’s fascinating work on behavioural science, Predictably Irrational. If you don’t mind paging through a seemingly endless stream of creative, low cost experiments involving chocolate, beer, and unsuspecting MIT students, you’ll learn some amazing things.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Swiss Saturday: Checking Out of Your Apartment

Evil HR Lady

My new garden. I mentioned earlier that we moved to a neighboring town. Our lease required three months notice before moving and in order to get the new house, we needed to take over before that time period ended. That’s not terribly unusual and we knew that was in the contract when we signed it. So, this means our contract with the old apartment didn’t end until April 30.

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