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Talent “In the Cloud”
This article accompanies The Human Risk Factor.
The Top 100 Employers
Overview of Kids Camp
Minitab, a global software provider, created a summer kids’ camp to educate — and entertain — the children of employees, with the ultimate aim of increasing wellness and lowering healthcare costs.
This article accompanies Child’s Play.
Child’s Play
Some companies are encouraging multiple generations of employee families — from grandparents to grandchildren — to embrace healthy lifestyles. While most programs target employees’ children, they are more of a strategic business decision than a warm and fuzzy benefit.
Stress and the Compliance Officer
A majority of ethics and compliance officers are reporting sleepless nights due to work-related worries. They also have considered quitting their jobs due to the stress. Can HR do anything to help turn down the heat these employees are feeling?
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Team up for termination meetings; going solo could trigger lawsuit
When terminating an employee, never meet one-on-one. Instead, make sure at least two company representatives are present at all times. The reason? If you meet alone, you give the employee an opportunity to put words in your mouth—words that may end up as evidence against you in court.
Are reference checks a waste of time?
Q. We are re-examining our applicant screening process. One idea we’re considering is eliminating calling previous employers for reference checks. We haven’t found those calls to be very helpful, because most former employers will only confirm dates of employment and job title. Is th …
Doggedly stubborn law firm sued over access for service animal
You would think that a personal-injury law firm would be sensitive to a client’s need for a service dog, but apparently attorneys at the firm of Larkin, Axelrod, Ingrassia & Tetenbaum are unfamiliar with Title III of the ADA.
Medical records: Do’s and don’ts
Medical records are among the most sensitive documents employers maintain in personnel files. They must be afforded the utmost protection, so no transgressions arise regarding the ADA, HIPAA, the FMLA and other similar medically-sensitive federal and state regulations.
How should we handle difficult firing meeting?
Q. We recently decided to terminate an employee based on performance concerns. The employee is in sales and is required to cold call a certain number of individuals each day. In reviewing the daily call logs, the employee’s manager discovered that she has been calling the same disconnected …
Lean HR
A discussion of using Lean tools and technology to drive change and streamline processes throughout the HR value stream. Mostly, anyway.
How Fun Was The SOPA Blackout?
The answer: Great fun indeed. Oh sure, I couldn’t read Dinorsaur Comics for a while. Or XKCD. Or Cyanide and Happiness (that one’s a little NSFW, justsoyaknow). But other than my webcomic needs, my favorite Firefox add-in (Morning Coffee, in case you didn’t know) functioned …
Should HR Care About SOPA?
The Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA, as it has come to be known) is about to cause you some problems, whether you or for or against it. Even if you don’t know what it is. In short, SOPA is all about holding people accountable for the content of their site. There’s more to [...]
Social Media Recruiting Basics
I’m certainly no expert on the subject, granted. In fact, I’m excited to attend the Social Recruiting MacGyver Style! webinar hosted by our friends at Fistful of Talent. So I would consider myself a novice. Maybe a little more than that, but not much. So I think it makes me perfe …
How to Terminate an Employee
I’m not the first to write about this topic, for sure. But I saw an article on Yahoo! titled “How to Break Up With a Woman” and I thought, “Yup. That’s about right.” (BTW, why is it no one ever worries about how to break up with a guy? It’s always th …
Are You Scared?
You may remember that I’m a fan of Peter Krause from his SportsNight days. So I’ve been watching his new show, Parenthood. (It’s not great, but better than most of what fills up prime time lineups these days.) So, short version, there was a nice scene in a recent episode wher …
