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Are You Training Employees to Help Prevent Violence in Your Workplace?

The material in today’s Advisor is adapted from BLR’s PowerPoint® training presentation Preventing Workplace Violence: What Employees Need to Know. Workplaces mirror the society in which we live. The workplace reflects the best qualities of society—and some of the worst. One problem that the workplace shares with the rest of society is violence. Although the […]

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DOJ Updates Its Corporate Compliance Programs Guidance

On September 23, 2024, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance, last updated in March 2023. The latest guidance covers three primary areas of on-going interest for the DOJ: (1) how companies are identifying and mitigating emerging risks related to new technologies, including artificial […]

How Employer Branding Can Influence Jobseekers and Applicant Behavior

It can happen to even the most qualified candidates: The interview starts, and your high hopes are dashed by the candidate’s poor choice in dress code, or maybe you discover he or she has done little to no basic research about the company and its offerings.

ICE Is Coming – 5 Ways Employers Can Prepare

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan recently directed his employees to increase worksite enforcement by “four to five times.” ICE has responded in dramatic fashion in a series of high profile raids, Form I-9 audits, and worksite investigations.

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Picking the Right Trainer

Companies spend a lot of time and resources on training efforts. In the United States alone, companies spend close to $90 billion annually on training costs, including payroll expenses and external products and services.

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When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Vegan Butcher

In high school, we had to take a test that helped us determine what we wanted to be when we graduated. I’m not sure if all high school students had to go through that test, but if so, I’m curious to know what your results said you were going to be—and are you actually in […]

Beware of sex-stereotyping claims

by Taylor Chapman In many situations, it is relatively easy to understand what constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex. For instance, you cannot refuse to hire an applicant because she is a woman or treat a female employee differently from a male employee because of her sex. The legal requirements become more uncertain, however, […]

Training Supervisors to Target FMLA Fraud and Abuse

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be complicated, and so can getting your supervisors on the same page when it comes to administering FMLA leave. Proper training can not only get your staff on the same page but it can also help them target potential abuse of FMLA.

Is Feedback Working for You?

To maintain or improve organizational performance, business leaders often reach for feedback. But feedback is a word and a practice that often inspires anxiety, frustration, and confusion. Instead of feedback being used effectively to highlight possibilities, in many teams it’s a practice that happens a few times a year and people try to ‘get through’ […]