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Training Managers To Supervise IT Employees–A Challenge That’s Too Often Overlooked
As workplaces become more technology-dependent, more and more companies are hiring information technology (IT) employees to work in-house.
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Bulletin Item: Recommendations Made to Prohibit Phone Use While Driving
The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that legislation be adopted to prohibit the use of cellular phones while driving, especially for inexperienced drivers. For guidance in adopting mobile phone use policies for your organization, see CEA September 2001.
When Legal Behavior Boosts Employers’ Costs
It’s not just healthcare costs that rise as a result of unhealthy employee behaviors. For example, how about the millions of lost workdays each year and billions in costs for drug and alcohol abuse? Should employers address such conduct? In an interview with BLR® editors, expert Lisa Ballentine said it’s just “responsible management” to do […]
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Who’s Paying What to Whom?
By Robert Brady President and Publisher Business and Legal Resources Just My E-pinion It’s been a struggle (to say the least) to manage compensation with all the recent economic pressures. With little or no money available, how do you keep employees motivated? Help us find out by completing our brief cash compensation survey—and we’ll share […]
Tool of the Week: Prehire Screening Dos and Don’ts
Once you’ve identified the best candidate for the job, prehire screening can help you make sure you’ve got the best possible fit. Prehire screening takes a number of different forms and can include reference hecking, license and education verification, medical or psychological testing, drug screening, skills testing, and credit checks. Each of these processes can […]
You’re The Expert: An Inconsistent Disciplinary Policy
We have some fairly rigid discipline rules. Sometimes we want to bend them for a special employee. But then we’re not being “consistent,” and consistency has been drilled into us by every expert. Can we bend the rules and still maintain integrity in our system?
Oklahoma Voters Say ‘Yes’ to Health Care Choice
Voters in Oklahoma decided to show their disapproval of the insurance mandate found in federal health care reform by passing a health care choice measure on Election Day. The initiative allows Oklahoma residents to opt out of health care mandates by prohibiting laws that would make residents, employers, or health care providers participate in a […]