OK, it’s Halloween, and this is a Human Resources website. So what could be more appropriate than a story about jobs that scare people the most? Our friends at CareerBuilder — we do so love their wacky but often useful research — have looked into this scary jobs thing and have actually come up with […]
Posted on October 31st, 2014 by admin
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Is there any good excuse for falling asleep on the job or — worse yet — behind the wheel of a company vehicle? Well, maybe not a good one. But this may be one that’s passable in a courtroom under certain circumstances: being a disabled individual who suffers from sleep apnea. A federal jury appears […]
Posted on October 30th, 2014 by admin
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More than seven in 10 companies have added staff in the past year, and more organizations are offering employees a 401(k) plan, according to a recent study. So how’s it going at your place? Here are a few benchmarks for you to see how your company’s doing in comparison with the participants in the […]
Posted on October 29th, 2014 by admin
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We may have just been introduced to the next disability du jour that could have employees asking for accommodations. Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the American Psychiatric Association’s addition of “Internet Use Disorder” to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, HR pros have been waiting for Internet addiction to […]
Posted on October 28th, 2014 by admin
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Let’s face it. Working isn’t always a day at the beach. People get frustrated and angry — and frustrated employees aren’t productive. So HR expert Mel Kleiman has come up a few ways for your managers to bring angry employees back into the fold. According to Kleiman, who runs the consulting firm Humetrics, angry […]
Posted on October 27th, 2014 by admin
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Courts don’t trust the U.S. Post Office or Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, or any other email service to deliver your Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) notices to employees. So what’s an employer to do? Use certified mail or some other form of correspondence with “verifiable receipt” — or deliver the notice in person and get the […]
Posted on October 26th, 2014 by admin
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As the winter season descends, more people start calling in sick. And you won’t believe some of the excuses people have offered as reasons for taking the day off. A new CareerBuilder survey looks at how many workers have faked being sick this year, as well as some of the strangest excuses they’ve used while doing […]
Posted on October 25th, 2014 by admin
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The point of settling a lawsuit is to minimize the financial damage and prevent the company’s name from being dragged through the mud. In other words, to stop a problem before it becomes larger. But apparently, a settlement isn’t the end of the road for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Example: Rose Marie Porter was […]
Posted on October 24th, 2014 by admin
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Favoritism is rampant in the business world. But is it legal in your workplace? Favoritism is definitely troublesome, because it can lower morale and lead workers to sue your company if they assume the favoritism is really a form of discrimination. That’s the scenario that got played out at Cache Valley Electric Company, an electrical contractor, and a court had […]
Posted on October 23rd, 2014 by admin
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After experiencing several very public corporate scandals over the past decade, the U.S. has now moved to a more regulated way of doing business, and the code of conduct has emerged as one of the mechanisms for defining employee and corporate behavior that adheres to regulatory and industry standards. However, a code of conduct is […]
Posted on October 22nd, 2014 by admin
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