GreatWork Blog

Building better workplaces through compliance, culture, connection

Because sitting down in a room with a group of colleagues to address challenges and how to tackle them head-on really isn’t a thing right now, Cascade created HR Connect. This newly-added membership benefit focuses on trending HR topics and best practices around compliance, culture and connection.

With the COVID-19 vaccination process continuing to roll-out, employers are faced with novel employment issues. We can help you understand the legal framework surrounding vaccinations in the workplace and practical implications including employee morale and retention. If this is a conversation your organization is having or needs to have, we have a webinar for you.

For years we have been teaching supervisors, managers and team leaders to over-communicate to their teams. We would encourage leaders to articulate with effective repetition our vision, rallying cries, day-to-day policy and procedure updates, team priorities, staffing changes. 

In 2020, Oregon had 222 discrimination claims filed with the EEOC.  The largest number of complaints (56.3%) came in the area of retaliation.