High Impact HR is in Your Future

May 3, 2012

  If you have been reading me for any time you know that I often write about “futurism” and the fact that I would like to be a “futurist.” We here is a prediction for you, there is high impact HR in your future, IF (and that is a big IF) you learn how to [...]

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A Tip for Candid Conversations

May 2, 2012

  This afternoon I was talking to a client and discussing the performance appraisal process. I mentioned one of the downfalls was that many supervisors are hesitant to be candid with employees and tell them the truth about their bad performance, not necessarily bad enough to fire them but bad enough to say “no raise.” [...]

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EEOC Issues New Restrictions On the Use of Background Checks

May 1, 2012

  On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reinforcing and adding stronger restrictions on the use of background checks by employers. “Wait, I thought [...]

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When Talking About Unions You Cannot Avoid Talking About Politics

April 30, 2012

  I occasionally get a critique from students on my “political” views about unions. But it is hard to talk about unions without being somewhat political, at least not in today’s current environment. It is no secret that unions are political. They overwhelmingly support Democrat party candidates over Republican. They gave overwhelming monetary support to [...]

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Five Suggestions for Improving Employee Handbooks

April 27, 2012

  Could you use five suggestions for improving your employee handbook? I write employee handbooks. Well actually I more often revise employee handbooks. But I do have a template that I have developed and adapted over the years. Lately I have thought that my version is beginning to sound a bit too much “legalistic.” And [...]

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HR Carnival: Exceptional Workplaces

April 26, 2012

Have you ever wondered what it takes to have an exceptional workplace? Well now you can find out. The folks at Insight Performance are hosting the HR Carnival for the first time. They wanted to have blogs with the theme of “EXCEPTIONAL WORKPLACE”. Of course they got some good contributions. Contributors included: Ben Eubanks, of [...]

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NLRB Poster is Dead At Least for the Rest of 2012

April 25, 2012

  Sing along with me, but substitute the word “poster” for “witch”. Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead! Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead! Which old witch? The Wicked Witch. Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch Is Dead! (Close your eyes and you may be able to see Munchkins as you sing.) Why am I singing? [...]

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How to Stay Current in HR When You Are Not Currently In HR

April 24, 2012

  I attended an HR dinner meeting the other night and was sitting at a table with a former student of mine who mentioned she was attending the meeting despite the fact that she was out of HR for the time being and had no immediate plans to return. (She was enjoying her opportunity to [...]

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CEO Compensation: Is an Accountability Trend Starting?

April 23, 2012

  Perusing the newspaper the other day a couple of articles on CEO Compensation caught my eye and I wondered if perhaps we are starting to see a trend in what companies are doing in CEO compensation and accountability. The first article was “NCR sets bar higher for CEO” and it talked about a corporate [...]

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Miniature Horses Defined as Service Animals under the ADA

April 20, 2012

  If a horse walks into your store don’t say “Nay” (I know bad pun), especially if the horse is a miniature horse. Under an interpretation of Title II of the ADA by the Justice Department miniature horses have been defined as “service animals” along with dogs, the only two animals to be so defined. [...]

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