Author Archives: Rick Dacri
Costly Turnover Can Be Controlled
Turnover will create chaos in your organization. Supervisors will have to run their shifts short, hurting production; the scheduler’s life will be a nightmare trying to plug holes in the schedule with overtime and temps; and budgets will be busted from recruiting … Continue reading
Filed under Leadership, Management, Employee Relations
Three Emerging Business Issues
Three issues are emerging that will impact companies and will provide opportunities for consultants to provide assistance to executives and business owners: 1. New Emerging Workforce: As employers spring from this painful recession, they will be faced with significant workforce … Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Economy
Recruitment: Eleven Strategies to New Employment
(This article was written by Rick Dacri and was originally published in York County Coast Star, May 17, 2012 edition) Finding a job in this economy is tough, but not impossible. While the media reports about high unemployment and the … Continue reading
Filed under Job Search
Yahoo CEO Caught Falsifying Resume
What was he thinking? Falsifying a resume? That’s what Scott Thompson, President of Yahoo did. He stated on his resume that he had a degree in computer science, when he did not. When he got caught, he blamed the recruiter. … Continue reading
Filed under Job Search
Best Buy: Inappropriate Relationship Destroys Careers
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as the company’s Chairman of the Board after it was revealed he failed to inform the Board when he learned that CEO Brian Dunn was having an inappropriate relationship with a female … Continue reading
Filed under Employee Relations, Leadership
Problem Solving: Manages Must do More
Good managers solve problems. That’s why we hire them. That’s how we reward them. They identify deviations from the norm, figure out what needs to be done, fix it, and then looks for the next problem to solve. As a … Continue reading
Filed under Leadership, Management
Benchmark Against Yourself
Benchmarking is often a great way to compare how you are doing against your competition. Fall behind the industry standard and you’ve got work to do; exceed the standard, and you can rest—or can you? When I spoke recently to … Continue reading
Filed under Leadership, Management
Employee Classifications: When Must You Pay Overtime
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $4.8 million in back pay and damages after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) found that the company failed to pay overtime to more than 4500 workers. Labor claimed Wal-Mart improperly classified security guards and … Continue reading
Filed under Compliance
Maine Law: Governor Signs Three Workers’ Compensation-Related Bills
(Guest post was written by attorney Glenn Israel, Bernstein Shur) In the closing days of the legislative session, Governor LePage signed into law three bills that will impact all Maine employers. The first bill (LD 1913) makes a number of … Continue reading
Filed under Compliance
MEAL BREAK VIOLATIONS CAN BE COSTLY UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW
(This guest post was written by attorneys from Mirick O’Connell) The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office recently entered into a settlement with the Gymboree Corporation related to allegations that Gymboree had been violating the Massachusetts Meal Break statute, M.G.L. c. 149, … Continue reading
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