Employee Management

How to Transform Your Workplace After the Great Resignation

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources. Posted May 10, 2022

The Great Resignation In 2021, our recovering economy experienced two historic, yet contradictory trends. First, the demand for workers returned in spectacular fashion, skyrocketing at unprecedented rates. Second and conversely, millions of potential workers have remained unemployed on the sidelines. The tension between the two economic patterns has given rise to a unique job market ...

Avoiding Workplace Violence: Tips And Best Practices For Hospitality Employers

by C. Crystal Enekwa in Human Resources, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted December 15, 2018

Whether internal or external, violence in the workplace is an increasingly problematic issue that employers must learn to effectively minimize and prevent. This is even more important in the hospitality industry, given the constant interaction with the public, the high rate of turnover, and the added responsibility of dealing with available cash. It is imperative ...

5 Reasons Good Employees Leave Hotels

by Stephen Barth in Human Resources, Lodging. Posted October 23, 2018

Productive, trustworthy employees are getting hard to find and harder to keep. Hotels invest significant amounts of money and time to recruit, hire and train employees, often using recent developments in advertising (social media), technology (online applications), and psychology (personality and behavioral assessments). So why is it that hotels—after hiring and training—still manage people like ...

“Hands Off, Pants On” When Guests Sexually Harass Your Hotel Employees

by Darin Mackender in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Lodging, Risk Management. Posted June 26, 2018

In an April 2016 survey of 400 Chicago-area women working at hotels, nearly 50 percent indicated that they have had a guest answer the door naked, expose themselves, or were otherwise flashed. Worse yet, 1 in 10 said they had been kissed, grabbed, pinched, or groped by a guest. Hotel employees reported incidents in which they were ...

Hotel and Large Venue Security: An Evolving Threat Environment Requires Innovative Practices

by Steve Cocco in Hotel Development, Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted May 15, 2018

Much has been said and written of late with regard to the need to address hotel and large venue security, like sports stadiums, in the aftermath of the October 1, 2017 mass shooting in the vicinity of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. But six months after the attack, in which 58 people were ...

Performance Evaluations Can Pose Trouble for Employers

by David Barron in Human Resources. Posted December 19, 2017

It’s that time of year again. You know the one. Supervisors hurriedly completing performance evaluations at the last minute to avoid nasty emails from the HR Department about missed deadlines. Sound familiar? If so, your company may be doing more harm than good. Evaluations are not a time for hurried compliance. These documents are important ...

Flu Season: Is Your Workplace Prepared?

by Melissa Dudley in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted December 14, 2017

Influenza (or flu) season has begun in the Northern Hemisphere, where flu activity will continue to increase in the coming months. Even though the flu is a highly contagious and can cause potentially serious disease, many employers do not recognize it as a significant threat and likely suffer losses to their bottom line as a ...

The Die Hard Survival Guide To This Year’s Office Holiday Party

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources. Posted December 9, 2017

While you can debate all you want about whether 1988’s Die Hard is a Christmas movie (it is – don’t fight us on this point), you can’t disagree with the fact that the movie depicts one of the all-time most memorable office holiday parties in cinematic history. A band of thieves posing as terrorists crash ...

Legal Perspective on the Health, Safety & Security Responsibilities for US Mobile Workforce

by Lauren Cell in Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted November 21, 2017

Fisher & Phillips LLP attorneys are not only well equipped to assist employers in developing or updating safety and health management programs for employees working domestically, but can also assist employers who are sending employees to work abroad –something that is becoming the norm rather than the exception for United States employers. Often times, employers ...

No Sexual Harassment, but Retaliation Claim Survives

by Sid Steinberg in Human Resources, Legal. Posted September 19, 2017

Just as the adage is that “the coverup is worse than the crime,” we know that in employment law, “the retaliation claim is more dangerous than the underlying discrimination.” The latest example of this is in the recent decision of Austin v. Bloomin’ Brands, 2:16-CV-06509-TR (Aug. 30). MOSTLY HISPANIC KITCHEN STAFF Mark Austin began working ...