Most companies planning layoffs in 2009
According to one recent report, the staffing forecast for next year may be even worse than many have expected.
Employee Services
Update: Former employee gets house arrest for e-mail snooping
Back in June, HRB told you about a Philadelphia TV news anchor who was suspended by the station and under investigation by the FBI for hacking into the private e-mail of his former co-anchor. The anchor was fired, arrested and charged with e-mail snooping. Now he’s received his sentence for the crime.
What would you do: Star performer won't follow rules
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult situation at work. Today’s problem: A top performer doesn’t think the rules apply to him.
New FMLA regs added to Federal Register
Proposed changes to the FMLA are now official and will go into effect January 16, 2009.
Is your best fantasy footballer your worst worker?
The news release came to HRB headquarters via e-mail with this headline in bold print: Employees are tracking football when they should be working.
Slacking off at work: More common than you might think
A report about how much time Chicago sanitation workers waste on the job has prompted a look at the overall issue of employees slacking off.
Bewitched Blunders at McMann and Tate
It doesn’t seem possible that 44 years have passed since Bewitched debuted on TV. In honor of the anniversary, HRB relives some HR blunders involving Darrin Stevens at his workplace, the ad agency McMann and Tate.
When is it time for an employee to get anger counseling?
On the one hand, there is spirited debate among employees.
States pass laws for “domestic violence leave”
Washington has just joined a growing list of states that require employers to give time off to victims of domestic violence.
