Paid sex breaks: One politician’s unique morale-booster
If you think getting paid to eat lunch is a nice work perk, wait until you hear about the benefit one Swedish councilman is proposing for municipal workers. In the town of Overtornea, councilman...
View ArticlePaid sex breaks for town workers gets voted down
When a Swedish politician proposed the radical idea of paying town workers for one-hour sex breaks to bolster the town’s birthrate, the politician and his little town garnered a ton of media attention....
View ArticleIs ‘paw-ternity’ leave the recruiting benefit of the future?
Many employers don’t even offer paternity leave to employees, but one organization offers this benefit for both human and fur babies. The latter is called “paw-ternity” leave, and it’s a benefit in a...
View ArticleWas $666 raise given to label union-organizer the Antichrist?
Another day, another court battle centered around a non-union employer that allegedly retaliated against employees who successfully launched a union-organizing campaign. Was giving them sub-par raises...
View ArticlePatriots-loving HR pro fires Giants fan for ‘the Tom Brady incident’
When a New York City underwriter walked past a life-sized poster of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in his Manhattan office, little did he know it would set off a chain off events that would...
View ArticleWorkers gone wild: 7 outrageous cases of employee fraud
For some rogue staffers, lifting office supplies or seeking reimbursement on a few minor “non-business related” charges is mere child’s play. Here are seven of the most over-the-top examples that we...
View ArticleGeneration Z’s plan for a comfy retirement? Inherit the cash
Just how grim are the retirement prospects for the generation that’s now entering the workplace for the first time? So grim, that many believe the only way to secure a stable retirement is by...
View ArticleA by-the-numbers breakdown of the holiday season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year? Not if you look at these numbers. A new study of 2,000 Americans revealed – not surprisingly – that the time from Thanksgiving to New Years to be the most...
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The wildest travel expenses, South Africa edition
Looks like we’re not the only country where employees try to pass off some wild expenses as legitimate business ones. Turns out CFOs in South Africa see their fair share of extreme travel spending on...
View ArticleThe 20 most outrageous things employees expense – the latest list
They’re still at it! Employees continue to think your company will reimburse them for things from wacky to outright outrageous. The folks at Robert Half have compiled a new list of what employees are...
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