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One result of the current business downturn is increased employee complaints about unfair compensation or other discrimination. As it takes just one complaint, justified or not, to trigger a probe. That means getting ready for a visit from your friendly DOL investigators. Here’s how to handle things if (or these days, when) they show up. […]
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on June 23. 1 The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business, by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson and Ethan Willis. A fictional parable incorporating real-life advice on how to start a business. […]
Massive layoffs and reduced pension payouts have helped corporate America trim expenses, but there’s been a cost—a disastrous new employee mindset. And the negative effects of that mindset—what today’s expert calls “psychological recession”—go straight to the bottom line. “Psychological recession” is an “emotional state” that includes a “dour view of the present and an even […]
The first case, Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, involved an employer’s decision to lay off 31 employees, 30 of whom were age 40 or older. The workers sued, claiming the layoffs had a disparate impact on older workers in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The employer claimed it based its […]
I’ve gotten hints and heard rumors through the grapevine about inappropriate activity going on in my company. In one case, a manager is allegedly “hitting on” a subordinate, and in another case, apparently employees are making fun of a co-worker on their project team because she is African-American. I don’t have any evidence or corroboration, […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Today, our CEO re-opens our no-cost employee survey program for signups, and reports how last year’s results differ from this year’s, at the nearly 2,500 companies that have taken part so far. Also, how you can join them—if you act by July 7, 2008. Readers of this column […]
Yesterday’s Advisor covered key problems with HR metrics and suggested several metrics best practices. Today, more recommended metrics, plus a timely audio conference to answer your key metrics questions. Dr. John Sullivan, metrics guru, professor of management at San Francisco State University, and blogger on www.ere.net, adds to his list of recommended human resource metrics […]
Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch, Sell Faster & Win More Business by Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman. Review notes example in book of Ritz-Carlton’s job interview process. From time to time, we read something in a business book that we want to pass along. […]
Measuring HR success to the satisfaction of the CEO remains an elusive goal. Bottom line: You want funding, and they want metrics. Today’s expert has practical help for metrics that are failing to make an impression in the C-suite. Metrics guru Dr. John Sullivan says that human resources managers make two key mistakes when using […]
Yesterday’s Advisor reported on the new wave of older workers returning to employment, Today we’ll look at why, even at retirement age, one noted expert says older workers are great workers—and check out a program that writes your policies for you. Charles Wonderlic of the famed employment management and testing firm, Wonderlic, Inc., says that […]