iPod Touch Winner
September 5, 2008 by Staff
Posted in: Latest News & Views
Congratulations to Monica Collins, Business Manager at Arapahoe Hyundai in Colorado!
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September 5, 2008 by Staff
Answers to tricky HR questions: Attendance bonuses for employees on FMLA leave?
September 5, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Answers to tricky HR questions, Employment law, FMLA, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Leave, Money, Pay
Our team of experts fields real-life, everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: Do employees on FMLA leave qualify for perfect-attendance bonuses?
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Tags: absenteeism, bonuses, FMLA
Outsourcing: Making the right moves — for you and the organization
September 5, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Money, policies
As you stare at that mountain of HR paperwork on your desk, from time to time you may ask yourself: Is there a better, cheaper way to get some of this done?
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Tags: 401(k), Conference Board, outsourcing
ID theft: IRS says to employers, “It’s your problem, not ours”
September 4, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Employment law, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Money, Records documentation, policies
The Internal Revenue Service rejected many of the recommendations in an inspector general’s report about stopping identity theft. In effect, the tax agency said, “Let individuals and their employers handle it.”
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Tags: ID theft, internal revenue service, IRS, Social Security Number
My best HR management idea: A flex-time formula for employees on fixed schedules
September 4, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Incentives, Latest News & Views, Leave, My best management idea, policies
HR manager Ginny Priborsky kept fielding requests for flex-time from employees who had to be on fixed, strict schedules. Granting the requests looked impossible until she figured out an innovative approach.
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What would you do? HR needs some funding
September 3, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Behavior, Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Money, What would you do?
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a real-life problem at work. Today’s problem: HR has to make a convincing argument to get more money from the budget.
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Answers to tricky HR questions: Keeping older, experienced workers
August 29, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Answers to tricky HR questions, In this week's e-newsletter, Incentives, Latest News & Views, Retention and turnover
Our team of experts fields real-life, everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: How can we hang on to older, experienced workers who seem ready and willing to retire?
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Tags: Annette Cummings, retirement
EEOC issues new guide on disability hiring
August 29, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Disability discrimination, Employment law, Hiring, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, policies
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a new hiring guide for following the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Tags: ada, americans with disabilities act, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission
Who won this this case? He says he got fired for complaining about safety
August 29, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Behavior, Complaint investigation, Employment law, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Who won?
In this real-life legal case, an ex-employee sues, claiming he was fired for complaining about safety — but his complaint proved to be false. Who won?
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Tags: Behavior, health, performance, safety
What HR managers told us: Benefits for part-timers
August 28, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Hiring, In this week's e-newsletter, Incentives, Latest News & Views, Retention and turnover, What HR managers told us, policies
We asked 314 HR managers: “Do part-time employees in your organization gets some sort of benefits package?” Here what they said:
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