Building a Successful Career Road Map for New Hires
New hires will always need a helping hand in the beginning. Taking the right steps at this crucial time is essential toward giving them the sturdy foundation on which they can build.
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Employee Benefits: New Rules Require Notice Of Retirement Plan Blackout Periods
The U.S. Labor Department’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration has published rules to implement a new federal law”the Sarbanes-Oxley Act”; that, among other things, requires 401(k)-type plans to give participants 30 days’ advance notice of individual retirement plan blackout periods. The rules apply to blackout periods occurring on or after Jan. 26, 2003. We’ll explain […]
Train to Prevent—and/or Prepare for—Potential Violence
Consider the following: Ours is a violent society and some of that violence finds its way into the workplace. One sixth of violent crimes occur in the workplace—nearly 2 million incidents a year. More than 600 people die each year nationwide from violent acts in the workplace. Tens of thousands of people are assaulted at […]
Interrupting gender bias: Fire away!
by Michael P. Maslanka I am honored to be a Bedford mentor at the University of North Texas School of Law in Dallas. Mentors divide into numerous small groups with students, and each group reads a different book on a matter of public interest. Our book is Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What […]
Was HR Exec Fired for Opposing Age Discrimination?
An HR executive, allegedly terminated for poor performance and not complying with the terms of his performance probation, argued that his termination was in retaliation for complaining about the CEO’s age-related comments. Background. In 2005, “Russell” was hired as vice president of worldwide human resources (HR) for Corbis Corporation. In July 2007, the CEO who […]
Is Bizarre Behavior ‘Notice’ for FMLA Purposes?
If an employee openly asks for Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) time off, that’s an easy call to make. But how about bizarre behavior? Does that constitute “notice” of the need for leave? And if so, wouldn’t any misbehavior be notice? Our expert sorts it out. Roy A. Ginsburg, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney […]
Infographic: Interviewees Frustrated by Lack of Follow-Up
Timing is everything, the saying goes, and for firms trying to hire it could make the difference between securing the candidate and losing out. For almost six in 10 workers (57%) in a Robert Half survey, the most frustrating part of the job search is the long wait after an interview to hear if they […]
Supplemental Recruitment and Retention Survey—Tell Us a Little More About What’s Happening!
As we head into 2015, the scope of recruiting and retention is constantly shifting, and we’d like to know a little bit more about how it’s being handled out there. What’s happening on this front with your organization in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
How One Company Trains Its Managers
Dominium (www.dominiumapartments.com), an apartment community management and development firm, has been running Dominion University for several years. A key program offered through Dominium University is Community Manager Continuing Education, which is similar to the orientation course, but geared toward upper-level, advanced supervisors as a refresher course, she says. Dominium University also features other classes that […]
Feds to employers: Do as I say, not as I do
by Kylie Crawford TenBrook I’m no longer allowed to cuss in my house. It was a tough habit to break ― as the only girl in a family of seven children, I grew up with a lot of profanity. But I realized that I had to change my family’s behavior after a recent trip during […]