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10 FMLA tips for HR professionals
By Jason Ritchie The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be one of the most daunting employment laws HR has to deal with. There are very specific rules and procedures that must be followed to ensure that both employee and employer are protected. Recently, employment law attorneys from Holland & Hart in Billings, Montana, […]
Reputation Word Cloud Helps Rate Your Branding
Yesterday’s Advisor featured tips from Employer Branding for Dummies, by Alicia Garibaldi (published by John Wiley & Sons). Garibaldi recommends a reputation word cloud (see example below) to highlight positive and negative perceptions of your company.
Supreme Court Declines to Review Two FLSA Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Oct. 6 that it would not review two Fair Labor Standards Act rulings. The cases dealt with misclassification and compensable working time. In the misclassification case, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Los Angeles owed fire department dispatchers and paramedics assigned to air ambulance […]
Implementing NWoW—adidas’s New Way of Working
In yesterday’s Advisor , Gregg Tate, GPHR, showcased the New Way of Working (NWoW) at adidas®. Today, how NWoW was implemented.
Compare Your Training Stats to Our Annual Survey
Training Methods Our survey shows the following methods used regularly for training employees. In the coming years, 86% expect to use more online training, and 68% plan to utilize more in-person sessions conducted by the HR staff. More video/DVD and mobile/tablet-based materials will be used by 51%, and more telephone/audio conferences will be utilized by […]
‘A Slice of Heaven’ Costs $128,565.94
In 1989, a little known movie was released that started the career of a certain “Pretty Woman,” Steel Magnolias. However, Roberts’ breakout role in the 1988 movie Mystic Pizza is what launched her into stardom.
Employers should review policies on same-sex couples in wake of Supreme Court decision
by Tammy Binford With the U.S. Supreme Court deciding not to take up a case to settle the same-sex marriage issue on the national level, employers need to understand how the Court’s decision affects their policies. As it opened its new term on October 6, the Supreme Court declined to review one of seven cases […]
Politics and religion aside, Truett Cathy still great example of servant leader
by Dan Oswald I recently wrote about servant leadership, mentioning that it has long been a concept that intrigues me. I used as an example—in part because of his recent passing—Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A. My choice for an example wasn’t universally embraced by those who read the entry. Many of the negative comments […]
Employer Branding for Dummies
Need Employer Branding 101? A new book, Employer Branding for Dummies, released in a special edition sponsored by Glassdoor.com, offers guidance for all employers in developing and maintaining their employer brand.