Author Archives: Centricity Solutions

Why Employers Need to Talk About Mental Illness in the Workplace

Agovino, T. (2019, August) Mental Illness and the Workplace. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/all-things-work/pages/mental-illness-and-the-workplace.aspx Many companies are striving to increase awareness about mental illness and encourage more employees to seek treatment. Suicide rates nationally are climbing, workers’ stress and depression levels are rising, and addiction—especially to opioids—continues to bedevil employers. Such conditions...

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5 Reasons to Rehire Former Employees

Payroll Network (2019, November). Five Reasons to Rehire Former Employees. Retrieved from https://www.payrollnetwork.com/resource-center/reasons-rehire-employees/ Few employers these days expect employees to stick around for many years. Most know that employees will move between employers multiple times over the course of their career and that many of them will even change careers...

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Marijuana and the Workplace: It’s Complicated

https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/fall2019/pages/marijuana-and-the-workplace-its-complicated.aspx Possession or use of marijuana remains illegal under federal law. But state laws are changing at a dizzying speed, including some that now limit a company’s ability to fire an employee for failing a drug test. Courts have begun siding with workers who say their off-duty use of cannabis...

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