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Violence in the workplace isn’t pleasant to think about, but it’s important for employers to plan for it. We have advice for building an effective “active threat” plan from security expert Jay Hart. Hart, director of Force Training Institute, leads a team of first responders, antiterrorism, cybersecurity, defensive tactics, and crisis management specialists with vast […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against the fiduciaries of a Virginia-based employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), alleging the defendants failed to protect the assets of the plan as it purchased nearly $21 million in company shares from the president of Sentry Equipment Erectors Inc., who was also a trustee of […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured consultant Diana Neelman’s five approaches to job evaluation. Today, her colleague, Sarah Schmidt, on data aging and market consensus.
I think everyone can agree that they want their workers innovating. After all, Innovation is the champion of success. A new study shows that workers are just too busy to dedicate enough time towards innovation.
By Jeffrey D. Slanker and Robert J. Sniffen, Sniffen & Spellman, P.A. A Key West strip club was sued by its dancers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The parties proposed a $1.2 million settlement. The settlement highlights the dangers of violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a […]
We are currently in uncharted territory in this country. For the first time in a long time—perhaps ever—there are more jobs than people to fill them. That means they don’t have to take the first job off the street—they have choices.
App-based mobile learning will be one of 2019’s most lucrative mobile learning trends, contributing substantially to the industry’s projected growth and worth of $70 billion. However, not all mobile learning apps will prove lucrative if they aren’t designed and developed with the user in mind.
According to research gathered by Ambient Insight, the U.S. mobile learning market will reach $2.1 billion next year, and global mobile learning revenues will reach $14.5 billion. And this will most likely be due to the number of people joining the mobile workforce, which is expected to double or even triple in size in 2018 […]
by Mark I. Schickman Kermit the Frog has been fired! From his birth in 1955 until 1990, Kermit was performed by his creator, Jim Henson. Since 1990, veteran Muppet performer Steve Whitmire donned the green felt. During Whitmire’s tenure, Kermit appeared in over 20 movies, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was […]
Today’s Advisor contains answers from our “Ask the Expert” feature on HR.BLR.com.. The question is, “Is it permissible to exclude employees from training if they are expected to retire soon?” Here is how our expert responded: Especially in light of the economy, it is understandable that an employer would want to invest its training dollars […]