Editor’s Note

The rise of the contingent workforce has increased the demand for top talent, as organizations can simply find freelancers and gig workers for projects of any scope, on an as needed basis. But when similar philosophies are applied to the restaurant and retail industry, workers can experience an overwhelming amount of schedule unpredictability which can impact how much they earn in any given week.

The New Predictive Scheduling Laws: What Employers Need to Know?: Challenges of the new laws

The rise of the contingent workforce has increased the demand for top talent, as organizations can simply find freelancers and gig workers for projects of any scope, on an as needed basis. But when similar philosophies are applied to the restaurant and retail industry, workers can experience an overwhelming amount of schedule unpredictability which can impact how much they earn in any given week.

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How To Create A Time Off Policy?: Factors to consider

When you create a time off policy, there are many variables to consider. While time off is necessary for employee morale, and to a limited extent paid time off can be beneficial by reducing the necessity of management oversight, your time off policy also needs to consider what laws require.

IBM Shutters Remote Work: Should You Too?: Flexibility of location

As a formerly staunch proponent of the remote workforce — once boasting that over 40 percent of its employees worked remotely — IBM shocked the business world with its recent decision to dismantle its much-loved (and decades-old) remote work program.Like Yahoo before them (and to a certain extent Bank of America Corp and Aetna Inc. as well), IBM gave its employees a choice: return to one of their traditional regional offices, or leave the company.

Pros And Cons Of Business Process Automation: Whether to automate or not?

Business process automation (BPA), the strategy a business uses to automate processes in order to contain costs, has been a hot button topic in the last few years. As with any new innovation or way of doing things, BPA comes with concerns.

Difficulty Of Scheduling Problems: Solving the Nurse Scheduling Problem

Imagine the following scheduling scenario. You have a number of open shifts and you want to schedule employees to them. Your business is open on weekends, so different employees have many different time-off requirements, including holidays. Additionally, there are some hard constraints on the schedule that must be respected (e.g. minimum staff requirements, meal break requirements, restrictions imposed by law and by unions), and some other soft constraints that would be good to respect, but not necessary (e.g. you would prefer not to pay overtime). Maybe the workload varies from week to week as well. What is your strategy for solving this problem? Or what heuristics do you employ to assign employees to shifts?

Can You Contact An Employee When They Are Off Sick?: Factors to consider

It’s not too hard to deal with the odd sick day here or there. It’s something HR is used to dealing with – and you have tools like the Bradford Factor to help ensure absence patterns don’t get out of hand.

How 1 Solution brings The Psychological Benefit Of “Flow”: Benefits of document management software

In positive psychology, the term ‘flow,’ also known as being ‘in the zone,’ can apply to the workplace. Researchers have discovered that for any task in which a person performing the action is at the height of his or her concentration, focus, and enjoyment, the brain’s synapses open to the experience of flow.

Gaining Visibility And Control Over Contingent Workforce: How an MSP can help

One of the increasingly popular practices that have proven to be highly effective, is the creation of a centre of excellence (program office) for organizations to gain visibility and control over their contract labor spend by partnering with a managed service provider (MSP).