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4-day workweek: Miracle cure or myth?


August 26, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Incentives, Latest News & Views, Leave, Position descriptions, policies

Seems as if just about everyone’s jumping on the four-day-week bandwagon as a cure for rising commuting costs. If you’re thinking about joining the crowd, don’t step on the gas pedal just yet.

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The legal traps that lurk in job descriptions


May 21, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Disability discrimination, Employment law, Exempt non-exempt, FLSA, Hiring, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Position descriptions, Records documentation

The good news about job descriptions is that they lay out exactly what the person should be doing. The bad news is that an error in a job description can turn into evidence in a courtroom.

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