If you’re not onboarding properly, you can end up with new employees who don’t know what they should be doing, and who may never fully engage with your company. And disengaged employees don’t stick around for long. Download The 3 A’s of Onboarding and see how Accommodating, Assimilating and Accelerating will make your onboarding programs […]
Posted on January 21st, 2015 by admin
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Every once in a while, we’re struck by an ADA settlement that begs the question: “Shouldn’t these people have known better?” Last month, we wrote about a non-profit agency whose mission is to help people with disabilities which fired a worker because he was deaf. And now we come across the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center (CBHC), […]
Posted on January 20th, 2015 by admin
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We get that employers want to protection their intellectual property — a big reason to have employee contracts. But adding this clause seems like a bit much. Staffing agency Robert Half International asks employees to sign an employment agreement that says: “After termination of Employee’s employment with Employer, Employee shall not indicate on any stationary, […]
Posted on January 19th, 2015 by admin
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Courts are always busting employers’ chops when it comes to ADA responsibilities. That’s what makes this so refreshing: A court just took an employee to task for not holding up her end of the ADA bargain. The employee’s name is Pamela Manning. She was a full-time sales associate for Kohl’s Department Stores who worked 36 to 40 hours per […]
Posted on January 18th, 2015 by admin
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Looks like employee are feeling a little more confident about asking for more money this year — and a substantial number say they’ll quit if they don’t get a raise. That’s the bottom line of a recent Glassdoor survey. The fourth-quarter survey, conducted online by Harris Poll, reveals employee expectations around pay raises and job […]
Posted on January 17th, 2015 by admin
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Every HR pro knows an applicant interview can head south in a heartbeat. And now, through the kindness of CareerBuilder, we have a checklist of the weirdest things candidates have done to make things go wrong. According to CareerBuilder’s most recent study — conducted by Harris Poll — 49% of employers know within the first five […]
Posted on January 16th, 2015 by admin
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It’s tough to fight leave abuse these days. But apparently what you face is nothing compared to this organization. India’s Central Public Works Department approved Senior Electrical Engineer Shri A.K. Verma for earned leave in 1990. But apparently he must have confused earned leave with retirement, because it’s been 25 years since the department’s seen […]
Posted on January 15th, 2015 by admin
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Posted on January 14th, 2015 by admin
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Obamacare has made healthcare coverage more accessible than ever. As a result, traditional healthcare plans — even the most generous plans — likely won’t be enough to attract and retain top talent much longer. So if you really want to set yourself apart from the competition, a solid offering of voluntary benefits will soon […]
Posted on January 13th, 2015 by admin
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HR pros were understandably upset by the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) passing of its new “ambush election” rule. But they should be comforted knowing they have some major allies in the fight to kill it. The NLRB’s rule, which is to take effect April 14, 2015, has just been challenged by a lawsuit filed […]
Posted on January 12th, 2015 by admin
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