Hi friends,
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role workplaces play when someone is going through something difficult at home. Domestic violence is more common than many of us realize, and when you’re a people manager, leader, or HR, you may be the person someone turns to for help or support.

To recognize International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (today, November 25), we’ve just published a resource for leaders who want to handle that conversation with care and provide meaningful support for a team member who discloses violence, stalking or other abuse in their personal life. It also contains a call to action: Draft a policy on domestic violence, and add it to your handbook. Outline who someone should go to if they feel unsafe at home, how you’ll handle privacy concerns, and any work accommodations available to support them and keep them safe- we cover lots of ideas here. Knowing that a workplace is supportive, and that disclosures will be handled with care, can make all the difference in helping someone feel safe enough to share what’s going on, and to get help.

For practical, trauma-informed ideas on how workplaces can support team members experiencing domestic violence, read ahead here:

Stay Bright,

Nora

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Shopify sales fraud investigation leads to firings (The Logic).
Turns out members of the sales team were just kind of making things up? Whoops! Designing motivating sales comp (with proper guardrails) is tough- if you need help, call us.

My friend Juanita wrote this brilliant piece on how the AI revolution is skipping over working moms on leave.

The founder of Fireflies, an AI transcription startup, admits he was just joining meetings himself and taking notes (Futurism). Do things that don’t scale?

Maybe grim: People are throwing “life admin parties” (Wall Street Journal) to get stuff done while still having time to see their friends.

21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties (#22: don’t make them about doing life admin)

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I spoke to Bloomberg about why companies are using AI for performance reviews and where we need to keep evaluations a bit more human.

I spoke to the Globe and Mail about hybrid work and how to design it a bit more thoughtfully (read: no one should be driving in just to zoom all day).

I also chatted with Canadian HR Reporter about the recent minimum wage increases in Canada, and why employers need to focus more on actual living wages.

I’m on TV! I joined CP24’s breakfast program to talk about October’s Canadian labour market report, where workers aged 15–24 gained 21,000 jobs.

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