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How do you make space for change and innovation? Sometimes you have to kill the company, says Lisa Bodell, speaking at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Talent Management Conference and Exhibition. Bodell, CEO of futurethink, keynoted the conference, held recently in San Diego.
by Laurie Jirak Distribution of medical marijuana in Minnesota is set to begin July 1, so employers need to understand their rights and responsibilities under the state’s new medical marijuana law. Confusion may arise because employers are subject to both federal and state laws that may impose different standards or requirements on workplace medical marijuana […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we provided safety training information for preplanning excavations and other precautions. Today, we offer 12 trenching tips that could save lives.
Yesterday’s Advisor featured expert Jayson Saba’s tips for dashboards and scorecards for HR, including the first of his recommended templates. Today, the rest of the templates.
by Emily Hobbs-Wright In a nationally awaited decision, the Colorado Supreme Court has upheld an employer’s termination of an employee who tested positive for marijuana because of his off-duty, off-premises marijuana use. The court issued a narrow decision on June 15 in Coats v. Dish Network, LLC. It turned on the fact that marijuana use […]
It’s mid-June and construction season is well underway across the USA. That means this is a necessary time for training on excavation and trenching safety. In today’s Advisor, we get valuable training information from BLR® Legal Editor Ana Ellington. All excavations are hazardous because they are inherently unstable. If they are restricted spaces, they present […]
There’s great interest in scorecards and dashboards, but how do you get started? Jayson Saba, vice president of Market Strategy, Ceridian HCM, offered his tips at the SHRM Talent Management Conference, held recently in San Diego.
USERRA is the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. In short, it creates protections for uniformed servicemembers to keep their civilian jobs during a deployment or training period. USERRA was established in 1994 and serves as a clarification and addition to the Veteran’s Reemployment Rights (VRR) Statute. The aim of USERRA is to ensure […]
Today’s Advisor shares information from a recent report at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that you can use as a benchmark for your own safety training.
Amazon.com® Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos put it best: “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” Studies show that the best candidates want to work for a company they trust and believe in—but not much has been said about what organizations are actually doing in the real world […]