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How to Attend a Virtual Conference

HR Bartender

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. What made me think about attending virtual conferences was an online conversation I saw recently where people were saying that they “couldn’t get into” the virtual aspect. I’ve attended a couple of virtual conferences recently and decided to document my approach. Don’t multi-task!

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How does exercise improve work productivity?

cipHR

Exercising regularly isn’t just good for your health – it could have great benefits for your career, too. How does exercise improve work productivity? So how does exercise improve work productivity and, in turn, your career? The cost of employee ill health to UK organisations is both well-documented and growing.

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Time Off for Crime Victims: What’s Required Depends on the Crime

HRWatchdog

An employee just informed me that they are a crime victim and need time off. Whether you must provide time off depends on the type of crime they experienced and the reason they need to take time off from work. There are two subsets of “crime victims’ leave,” and there is no specified length of time for either.

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physically demanding team-building exercise, stinky bathroom, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, physically demanding team-building exercise, stinky bathroom, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. We’re doing a physically demanding “team-building” exercise. Should I give it more time before thinking about searching for another job? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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update: my bosses want our remote team to work out together 3 times a week

Ask a Manager

This post, update: my bosses want our remote team to work out together 3 times a week , was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. Remember the letter-writer whose bosses wanted their remote team to work out together three times a week ? It’s “where are you now?” Here’s the update. I thought that was that.

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Job scams: Protect your organization with these 5 tips

HRExecutive

To sweeten the lure, scammers advertise flexible hours, full-time remote working, above-market pay and generous benefits. The FBI issued an alert last year, stating that threat actors were employing deepfakes (synthetic identities created using audio and video spoofing) to apply for work-from-home positions and attend online interviews.

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Four ways exercise benefits you at work

cipHR

Exercising regularly isn’t just good for your health – it could have great benefits for your career, too. The researchers estimated that the employees who did the extra gym exercise would each add $2,500-worth of productivity to their company. The cost of employee ill health to UK organisations is both well-documented and growing.