When Employees Don’t Have Childcare

by mikecostanzo | May 13, 2024 | Blog

I had a wonderful conversation last week with Karla Miller, Washington Post columnist. I have long admired her practical, compassionate, business-forward solutions to the workplace problems of employees and employers. We talked about a question she had received from a...

A Step Toward Preventing Caregiver Discrimination: Work Coverage Plans

by mikecostanzo | Apr 25, 2024 | Insight Briefings

Jill Traxler says that when she went out on leave to care for her mother, her supervisor in the Multnomah County government told her that her absences had caused a lot of things to be left undone and people had… You must be logged in to view this content. Want...

Introducing Work+Family Insight

by mikecostanzo | Apr 25, 2024 | Blog

I am pleased to introduce to you Work+Family Insight, formerly known as Workforce 21C. We are still HR’s trusted partner for managing today’s changing workforce, providing practical advice and tools and assisting with initiatives to adapt the workplace to new...

Can We Fire This Pregnant Employee?

by mikecostanzo | Apr 23, 2024 | Challenge Solver

Challenge: I am the only HR professional for our small company. One of our managers recently told me that he plans to terminate a pregnant employee on his team. He says that her performance has fallen off since she became… You must be logged in to view this...