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For at least 10 years, the practice of managing compensation has been caught in a black hole pulling organizations towards “sameness,” say experts Myrna Hellerman CCP and Jim Kochanski. In today’s Advisor, they discuss how some Big Bang companies broke out of sameness to do what was right for the business. The Forces of ‘Sameness’ […]
A recent appeals court ruling shows that clear and consistent documentation of an employee’s poor performance is more important than certain imprudent things a supervisor may say to an employee. Robert Dickerson, an individual with a mental disability, worked as a part-time custodian for an Illinois community college. He was recorded several times losing employer property and […]
Facebook’s not the place to make grossly disparaging remarks about your employer — that should not be a new concept to most employees. And while employers should be careful about overly restrictive policies, there is a line beyond which employees can be fired. In this case, a Chicago area car salesman’s posts about cheap food his employer […]
Litigation Value: allowing office staff to take over the warehouse and invent a new loading method = several bizarre Workers’ Compensation claims; Andy asking Oscar about his “wildest fantasy guy” while choosing new warehouse personnel = yet more fodder for Oscar’s potential claims; and controlling your own destiny = priceless. This week’s episode started off […]
Lesson #1: Honesty is the best policy Oswald told the story about getting in trouble in school and having to bring a note home for his mother to sign. He found the girl in his class with the best penmanship, and had her sign the note. The next morning, he couldn’t bring himself to go […]
Who knows? In 20 years, there might be a robot writing these articles; we’ve faced that reality. Eventually, we may all be phased out by machines, programs, and metallic entities, the likes of which we’ve yet to even imagine. As the world has become more automated and efficient, we have all witnessed downsizing and have […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor In his keynote speech at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, held recently in Nashville AEIS Las Vegas is November 17-18), BLR CEO Dan Oswald told an appreciative crowd about the 10 critical management lessons he learned from his mom. Lesson #1: Honesty is the best policy […]
The HR Daily Advisor announced today the release of a free report for HR managers, 12 Ways to Curb FMLA Abuse, which will help employers detect and deal with employees who abuse FMLA. The special report examines the steps HR can take to limit potential FMLA abuse and minimize disruption in the workplace. Some of […]
The Family and Medical Leave Act requires that employees taking unpaid time off to care for a relative must stay close to that person during most of that leave, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said in deciding Baham v. McLane Foodservice, Inc. While an employee need not spend every waking moment in the […]
The outcry against a new poster rule from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has resulted in the postponement of the rule’s implementation by more than two months. The NLRB issued a final rule in August requiring employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The original deadline to […]