Uber drivers across the country, including those in major cities like Miami and Boston, plan to protest the ride-share company's wages as part of the "Fight for $15" living wage campaign. Organizers say they are building momentum following the election of Donald Trump, whose administration could limit minimum wage increases. Reuters (11/28)
Leveraging New Technology in Modern Business The workplace is changing, and businesses have an opportunity to turn new work routines into productivity gains. With the right tools to collaborate easily, your team will find there's more time to focus on the work that matters most, take on additional projects and improve client relationships. Read this eBook to learn how to leverage new technology today!
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Recruiting & Retention
Will women close the skills gap in manufacturing? A skills gap could make it difficult for manufacturers to fill the 3.5 million openings they will have during the next decade, according to a Deloitte analysis. Hiring women, who currently only account for 27% of the manufacturing workforce, could address that problem. Area Development magazine (11/2016)
Embrace Disruptive Innovation Traditional business is constantly being impacted by overwhelming and sudden shifts in the marketplace. This new normal is "disruptive innovation". Read this white paper to learn what disruptive innovation is and how your company can use cloud ERP to stay in the game. Download the white paper >
Corporate whistle-blower Patricia Williams was awarded $20 million by a jury after a four-year legal battle against the time-share company Wyndham Vacation Ownership. Williams, who was fired after reporting predatory sales practices, was offered a financial settlement to drop the suit but rejected it because the company would not agree to change its policies. The New York Times (free-article access for SmartBrief readers) (11/25)
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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SEC issues guidance for pay-ratio disclosure rule The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance recently issued guidance on compliance for the rule on pay-ratio disclosure. The two main compliance challenges are determining who employees are under the rule and identifying the "median employee." The National Law Review (11/21)
The HR Leader
20 questions to improve work conversations How you begin a conversation can determine how productive the discussion will be, writes Dan Rockwell. He offers 10 such icebreakers, as well as 10 questions for helping move forward after the conversation ends. Leadership Freak blog (11/22)
