"The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule by more than two months in order to allow for enhanced education and outreach to employers, particularly those who … [Read more...]
ICE Expands Chipotle Hiring Practices Probe
May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nation's Restaurant News reports that Federal investigators visited as many as 30 Chipotle locations across the country this week in an ongoing criminal investigation into the fast-casual chain’s hiring … [Read more...]
Simplify Hiring and Increase Retention with Diversified Solutions
December 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
Finding dependable, trustworthy and customer service-minded employees is a considerable and constant challenge for franchise owners. And, once you have such people on staff, there’s the matter of holding on to them. … [Read more...]
The Golden Rule of Profitability
May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kent Bernhard, Jr. writes at Portfolio.com that a new study by Harvard finds that treating the people at the lowest rung of the corporate ladder right isn’t just a nice thing to do. It improves the bottom … [Read more...]
Protect Your Business with Union-Proofing Practices
March 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. has a long and complex history with labor unions. While union membership peaked at 35.5 percent of the private sector workforce nationally in 1945, as of last year, that figure stood at fewer than eight percent. … [Read more...]
Taking Your Employees’ Temperature
November 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
At the recent DDIFO meeting in Worcester, MA, Washington D.C. lobbyist Rick Berman of Berman & Co. prompted considerable discussion about what steps owners can take to maintain a union-free shop. The well-known … [Read more...]
