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They’re starting their 1st job — what you need to tell them


August 19, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Communication, Hiring, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Training, policies

People who are right out of school need a different type of orientation than someone who’s walking in the door with 10 years’ experience elsewhere. Specifically, the rookies need help with three major employment issues.

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The 10 red flags that a good worker will be a bad boss


July 25, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Behavior, Communication, Hiring, Managers, Special Report, Training

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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6 big reasons employees sue


July 3, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Complaint investigation, Discipline, Employment law, Managers, Performance appraisals, Records documentation, Special Report, Supervisors, Training, policies

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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Anti-harassment training a waste of money? Check the statistics


June 13, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Behavior, Complaint investigation, Employment law, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Sexual harrassment, Training

With budgets getting tighter and tighter, you’ll probably need to prove that training to prevent sexual harassment actually works. Some numbers that tie training to complaints could help.

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Feds list training exception to FLSA overtime rules


May 15, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Employment law, Exempt non-exempt, FLSA, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Money, Pay, Training

In most instances, if nonexempt employees take training that pushes them over 40 hours a week, your company is on the hook for overtime pay - with one exception.

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What would you do? Boss won’t take anti-bias training


May 15, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Behavior, Communication, Employment law, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Managers, Training, What would you do?

Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: a boss who says anti-discrimination training is great for all supervisors, but won’t participate in the training himself.

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The HR skills companies want now


May 9, 2008 by Staff
Posted in: Communication, Managers, Money, Special Report, Supervisors, Training

A top business institute asked 779 executives what they wanted from an HR manager. And they had answers. Boy, did they have answers.

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Competing for talent in the ‘McJob’ era


April 29, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Hiring, Latest News & Views, Money, Retention and turnover, Training

The U.S. has some 1,500 franchise companies operating about 320,000 outlets. If you’re not one of them, how do you compete with them for entry-level talent?

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My best HR management idea: New training that hits the mark


April 22, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: Communication, Latest News & Views, Money, Performance appraisals, Training

HR exec Susan Gary was spending money on training for employees but not getting the results she wanted – until she changed her company’s approach  (part of an ongoing series).

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My best HR management idea: Stopping new-supervisor screw-ups – in 20 minutes


March 5, 2008 by Jim Giuliano
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, My best management idea, Training

HR manager Marilyn Weixel found that no matter how much training she did for her new managers, they still made crucial mistakes in key tasks, such as giving performance appraisals or interviewing candidates. Here’s how she fixed the problem.

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