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Avoiding Legal Pitfalls During RIFs and When Reducing Workers’ Hours

by John Vering On Oct. 3, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ reported that over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed has increased by 2.2 million and the unemployment rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points. Total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 159,000 in September and thus far in 2008, payroll employment has […]

IDES Says ‘Go Forth and Translate’

If you are an HR professional in Illinois, here is a heads up. While you are comfortable dealing with employees who are Illini, you may soon be confronted by employees who are ETs! Some of your employees may not have self-identified themselves as Klingons! And you may be translating your training sessions and handbooks into […]

6th Circuit Offers Tips on Managing Workplace Harassment, Discrimination Complaints

A new decision from the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Michigan employers) provides guidance for employers on the corrective actions necessary to respond to employee harassment allegations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 4 Separate Incidents Alleged Ronald Burns was employed as a maintenance technician by Berry Global, […]

Do Your Trainers Know How to Tailor Training for Different Learning Styles?

The training question is, “Since supervisors are bound to have a variety of learning styles, how do you tailor a training session to accommodate them all?” Here is how our training expert responded: Savvy trainers incorporate a variety of learning styles into their training programs and adjust their explanations during training according to an individual’s […]

How Employers Can Get Flexible Working Policies Right

As the third anniversary of the pandemic approaches, it’s hard to overstate how profoundly the outbreak and its aftermath affected the way we work. Analyses of how businesses have evolved over the past few years tend to focus on digital transformation, which makes sense because the pandemic greatly accelerated a preexisting trend toward digitalization across […]

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Inclusion and Compassion More Important Than Ever for Leaders

When voters went to the polls in October and November to select the next U.S. president, they were necessarily engaging in an adversarial process. Political campaigns are often as much about arguing against a candidate as they are about arguing for a candidate. But in the workplace, employees are looking for different, more nonadversarial interactions […]