The results are in, and it’s official! Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, holds a contest every year in which people tell their bad-boss stories. The three best (worst?) get published. Take a look at the winners. Sound like anyone you know?
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Tags: AFL-CIO, Working America, worst bosses
All that “seat at the table” talk is nice, but there are sure signs that HR is — or isn’t — getting the respect and attention it needs to build a better organization.
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Tags: Fortune 500, Liz Ryan, Personnel
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the new U.S. passport card may be used as a valid “List A” document to complete Form I-9 during the employment eligibility verification process. Here’s how employees can get the card.
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Tags: I-9, List A, passport, passport card, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS
Two employees - maybe one of them is a supervisor — are involved in a nasty spat that’s dragging everyone down. Now it’s time for someone to step in - and that someone is you.
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Tags: conflicts, negotiation
The U.S Dept. of Labor has closed the books on comments on the new proposed FMLA regs and is on target to release the updated version in January. Here’s look at the seven likely revisions.
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Tags: dol, FMLA, healthcare, Serious Health Condition
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Sad to say, most charges of sexual harassment grow out of some common misunderstandings about what the danger signs are. Time and time again, supervisors use those misunderstandings as a defense — and companies pay for it.
Tags: court, sexual harassment, Supervisors
When someone gets promoted into management and turns out to be a nightmare, HR often asks, “Why didn’t we see this coming?” All the signs probably were there, but maybe no one was looking for them.
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Tags: candidates, management
Employee retaliation claims are up 25% in the last decade, and those types of claims make up about 30% of all the complaints filed with EEOC. Most of those claims are against supervisors, but HR is in the best position to do something about preventing the problem.
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Tags: complaint procedure, HR, retaliation
Will E-verify get more funding in November? Some in Washington are making moves now to try to keep the system afloat.
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Tags: Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program, e-verify
You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.
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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance
