Entries Tagged Employee

Thirty states have legalized medical marijuana and nine of those have also legalized it for recreational use. This has caused confusion for...

The temporary employee is a necessary evil in our industry. We desperately need them to take on our routes, clean our restrooms...

We all overuse certain words and phrases. (Myself definitely included: I’m guilty of ending sentences with “... so ...” when I’m not...

Yesterday, I was speaking to Jill (not her real name) who had been on extended sick leave. She was diagnosed with cancer...

There are countless good reasons to hire veterans at your company, starting with the simple fact that it’s the right thing to...

When pointing out a mistake made on the job, has an employee ever thrown it back in your face saying he or...

At Andy Gump Temporary Site Services in California, everything has changed, yet nothing has changed in the past year since the patriarch...

The business is doing well and you’d like to show your employees some extra appreciation — and maybe encourage them in a...

Vacation. Sick time. Holidays. Personal days. If you offer some or all of these to your employees, it can be dizzying to...

There are only so many hours in the day. Business owners working in the trades know this better than anyone. It always...

When Jeff Corbin was hired in June 2016 as the director of maintenance and fleet operations at Mahoney Environmental, the company’s senior-leadership...

In many areas of the country, the labor market is tight. Help wanted signs seem to be popping up everywhere. And younger...

Every now and then, I see an ad on a local Craigslist website recruiting for a septic service or portable sanitation technician....

In the not-too-distant past, hiring bonuses — also called signing bonuses or sign-on bonuses — were only mentioned in reference to elite...