As employers complain about how hard it is to find workers with the skills they need, retaining top performers becomes more and more crucial. So the question becomes, what do employees really want? Let’s take a step back and look at the big picture. Yes, money matters “Employees aren’t motivated by money.” Wrong. It’s true, […]
Posted on February 18th, 2013 by admin
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Picture this: An employee speaks out against offensive homosexual comments at work, and gets made fun of for it repeatedly by his supervisor. Can he successfully sue for harassment — even though he’s not gay? That’s what happened in this case involving David Derr, who was a firefighter for 29 years with the Kern County […]
Posted on February 17th, 2013 by admin
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Now here’s a guaranteed morale-builder: Make your employees wear space-age monitors that detect how productive and efficient they are — and even monitor their bathroom breaks. That appears to be the tactic employed by the owners of the British food chain Tesco, which forces warehouse workers to wear miniature computers to measure how well they […]
Posted on February 16th, 2013 by admin
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Valentine’s Day is a convenient time for HR pros — and top management — to review the way they handle workplace romance. First, a few numbers: A Vault.com survey said 59% of respondents have participated in some form of office romance — whether it was a one-night stand, a casual relationship, a long-term commitment or […]
Posted on February 15th, 2013 by admin
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Got to hand it to CareerBuilder — their regular surveys are a great morale booster for harried HR pros. This edition: Employees’ excuses for being late to work. Check it out and be happy these folks don’t work for you. On the serious side, CareerBuilder says more than a quarter (26%) of workers admit to […]
Posted on February 14th, 2013 by admin
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It may be a cliche, but it’s true: People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. And in today’s uncertain employment atmosphere, supervisors need to perform a new level of “due diligence” to uncover what makes each of his or her employees tick. Here are a few exercises that can help: Cataloging motivation Pinpointing […]
Posted on February 13th, 2013 by admin
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Finally, hard evidence that the federal government is indeed run by beings from another planet: The DOL says that the vast majority of U.S. employers think that complying with FMLA regs is a snap. We’re serious. In celebration of the Family and Medical Leave Act’s 20th anniversary, the feds released a survey, which stated: 91% […]
Posted on February 12th, 2013 by admin
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Here’s a nice change of pace from all those cases you’ve been reading where companies got in legal trouble for allegedly mishandling employee disability claims. Despite the fact that the recent amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act expanded the definition of disability to the point of near-absurdity, it appears that one bedrock rule still […]
Posted on February 11th, 2013 by admin
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Hiring managers can be a lot different from hiring front-line employees. So what skills should you be looking for in those candidates? Whether you’re promoting from within or going outside your company for a new hire, bringing on a new manager is never easy, and the best applicants have that special mix of skills that […]
Posted on February 10th, 2013 by admin
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As long as companies keep making these kinds of brainless mistakes, retaliation will remain the most commonly filed claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. $500,000 for illegal request Chemical company BASF has settled a retaliation lawsuit for a whopping $500,000 after allegedly forcing employees to choose between signing away their civil rights or losing […]
Posted on February 9th, 2013 by admin
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