Posts by Alayna Wood

PARITICPATE IN THE 2024-2025 BENEFITS & PERSONNEL PRACTICES SURVEY

Nevada Association of Employers (NAE) is currently collecting data for its annual Benefits & Personnel Practices Survey. This survey is your opportunity to gain valuable insights into benefits and personnel practices for businesses throughout Nevada. All Nevada businesses are encouraged to participate We believe it provides the most comprehensive, reliable, and current information available for Nevada. The […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENT, PROPER DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES

Another case out of the Appeals Court for the Eleventh Circuit has highlighted the importance of consistency when applying employee paperwork requirements. In today’s complex workplace, the significance of proper documentation practices cannot be overstated.  As illustrated by the case of Jones v. Georgia Ports Authority, the consistent application of documentation requirements is crucial not […]

NEW CASE PROVIDES EMPLOYERS GUIDANCE ON FMLA ENTITLEMENT

A recent case out of the 11th Circuit provides employers with guidance on when FMLA entitlement should begin for employees. While this case is very fact-specific—meaning that the outcome occurred due to very specific circumstances— employers can glean helpful and applicable lessons from how the court ruled. What is FMLA? FMLA stands for Family and […]

IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AT WORK

What is psychological safety? Psychological safety is a term that has quickly emerged within the corporate zeitgeist and become a highly discussed topic among HR and organizational management “thought leaders”. Some people may hear this term and consider it to merely be a new, trendy buzzword. However, the concept of psychological safety is nothing new, […]

HOW TO DOCUMENT EMPLOYEE ISSUES: CREATING A COUNSELING MEMO

Many human resource professionals have experience with managers who avoid addressing employee behavior until they become so frustrated that they want to fire the employee immediately. As an HR professional, you are now the one frustrated because you know that none of the issues that the manager is so upset about have even been documented […]

BOOST EMPLOYEE RETENTION WITH FLEX FRIDAYS & SUMMER FRIDAYS

Over the last several years there have been a lot of buzzwords and phrases used to describe work life in the post-COVID workplace: the great resignation, quiet quitting, ‘resenteeism‘, bare minimum Mondays, etc. Many of these buzzwords and phrases come with a negative connotation and indicate workers are dissatisfied with work and feeling employee burnout.  […]

HR THERAPY MEETUPS CREATE COMMUNITY & SUPPORT

What are Some of the Challenges Facing HR? Working in Human Resources can be a daunting, albeit rewarding task. HR Professionals are the “First Responders” of the Administrative and Operations world. The minute something goes sideways with an employee, everyone goes rushing off to find HR. Was your paycheck wrong? Contact HR. Did Xavier say something […]

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