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In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at self-awareness aspects of Emotional Intelligence or EQ. Today, again courtesy of Travis Bradbury and Jean Greaves, we’ll explore some of EQ’s social awareness strategies, and we’ll also talk about building your HR IQ for 2010. Bradberry and Greaves are co-founders of TalentSmart®, a leading provider of emotional intelligence tests […]
Certain employers are facing a December 15 deadline to submit injury and illness data to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The E-Recordkeeping and Anti-Retaliation Rule requires employers with large establishments (250 or more employees) and small establishments (20 to 249 employees) in certain “high hazard industries” to submit injury and illness data to […]
U.S. hiring confidence remains strong in Q2 2018, as one in five employers plans to grow their workforce in the three months ahead.
Yesterday’s Advisor presented general safety recommendations for travel safety. Today, Detective Kevin Coffee provides his recommendations for selecting hotel rooms, and the Hotel and Lodging Association shares its hotel safety tips. Coffee operates a consulting service, Corporate Travel Safety LLC. He offers the following suggestions for picking out a safe hotel room: Avoid ground level […]
Research from the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and independent industry analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) finds that the cyber security skills is worsening and becoming a rapidly widening business problem.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at some tips for recruiting and retaining the newest generation to enter the workforce: Generation Z. Today, let’s continue with more tips for employers.
by Mark I Schickman “Google” has already become a popular verb, meaning to research a name through Internet sources. The word is about to get a secondary meaning: “to provide wall-to-wall perks to company employees.” Largely because of those broad and unusual employee benefits, Google has taken a lock on the top slot on Fortune […]
It’s one of HR’s most difficult dilemmas—how to balance your compassion for a chronically ill employee with your legitimate business concerns.
December 17, 2010 Determining whether an employer has 50 employees for purposes of the FMLA can be complex. As you are aware, under the FMLA regulations, an employer covered by FMLA is any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, who employs 50 or more employees for each working day […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas When managers decide to fire someone (often way later than they should have decided) they always seem to want it done that minute. Of course, that’s one of the most dangerous things you can do, but how do you calm the manager down? asks attorney Dan […]