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Massachusetts contingent workers law goes into effect in January

by Susan G. Fentin Massachusetts’ new law requiring staffing agencies to provide temporary workers with more information regarding their employment will go into effect on January 31, 2013. The Temporary Workers Right to Know Act (H. 4304) requires staffing agencies to provide workers with written notice of the agency’s name, its workers’ compensation carrier, and […]

More Tips to Coach Your Team to Success

by Doug Upchurch In yesterday’s Advisor, Doug Upchurch, learning innovation strategist for Insights Learning and Development, discussed how good leaders can get results by honing their coaching skills. Today, Upchurch presents two final recommendations to keep in mind when developing these skills.

Train Employees on Workplace Security

The material in today’s Advisor is adapted from “Workplace Security for Employees,” which is one of dozens of courses in the HR Employment Library of BLR’s TrainingToday®. Here’s an exercise you can use during training to test retention of your security information. The objective of the exercise is to review security policy and procedures. Workplace […]

Ask the Expert: What Are Our Options Once Employee Exhausts FMLA?

We have an employee who has been using intermittent leave to care for a child with a medical condition. She will run out of FMLA soon, yet her son’s situation is still the same/will require her to take time off. She is a good, dependable employee. What are our options to further help or accommodate her […]

Telecommuting—Top 10 Tips for Success

Would (or does) telecommuting work for you? Yahoo® and Best Buy® curbed it; meanwhile, Cisco® reported it improved retention and saved $277 million. In today’s Advisor, attorneys Deanna Brinkerhoff and Cathleen Yonahara offer ten practical tips for your telecommuting program.

Most Surveyed Companies Do Not Run Active Shooter Preparedness Drills

News reports provide repeated reminders to employers across the country that active shooter incidents are not just a potential threat but a real one. While it is reassuring to adopt a “that will never happen here” mind-set, it is important to be proactive—planning ahead and training your employees on what to do if such an […]

Screen Job Candidates with Text Messaging

Employees are the most significant investment an organization will make for its future. Recruiting the right people is an integral part of any business plan, but unfortunately, it is also a challenging and time-consuming task.