by hanna | Mar 5, 2021 | Compliance, Culture, General News, Healthy Workplace
From the Pros at the 24 Hour HR Support Center In 1970, when Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law, an estimated 14,000 workers were killed on the job every year. Fifty years later, that number is down to 5,333, but safety in the...
by kma team | Nov 30, 2020 | Culture, Healthy Workplace
Self-care is more important than it’s ever been as we fight a pandemic and cope with the stresses of life under restrictions. We asked KMA staff to share the ways they practice self-care. Here are some of the team’s answers. More walks, even in the...
by kma team | Sep 3, 2020 | Culture, Employee Relations, Leadership, Training and Development
No one knows what the workplace is going to look like in three months. COVID-19 continues to spread. School reopening and attendance plans remain tenuous. Further action from Congress is uncertain. Official rules from the Department of Labor might even be struck down...
by kma team | Aug 27, 2020 | Culture, Employee Relations, Guest blogs, Policies, Trends
By Sarah Douglas and Amanda Hemm of Soutiens Smart companies realize it’s no longer good enough to provide working parents with bare-bones benefits, vague policies, and inconsistent leadership, and hope for the best. To attract and retain working...
by kma team | Aug 18, 2020 | Culture, Employee Relations, Healthy Workplace
From the Pros at the 24-Hour HR Support Center We’re all supposed to feel stress from time to time. It’s the way the body responds to demands and dangers. A stressful event triggers the release of hormones. These hormones, according to Psychology Today, “increase...
by kma team | May 29, 2020 | Compliance, Culture, Labor Laws, Policies
(from the Pros at the 24-Hour HR Support Center) With all of the changes everyone has had to make over the past few months, not to mention the heightened stress we’re all feeling, it may be tempting to let certain practices slide or be less strict about following...