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In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed training requirements for certain workers involved with asbestos-containing material. Today, we offer steps for developing a training program that meets U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) training requirements for employees who handle hazardous materials.
In yesterday’s Advisor, Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur and cofounder of LinkedIn, shared his new vision for the employer/employee relationship: alliances for tours of duty. Today, a template for a tour of duty.
Yesterday’s Advisor talked about hackers and your organization’s vulnerabilities. Today, more from Certified Ethical Hacker Daniel Nelson.
Today, there’s a fundamental disconnect for employers and employees, says Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur and cofounder of LinkedIn. The old company-as-family approach is gone (if it ever existed), but you can’t build a lasting, innovative business when employees act like free agents. Where’s the middle ground?
Were you miserable on family vacations when Mom and Dad stuck you in the middle of the back seat between your siblings? Be grateful your legs had to straddle that hump in the floor, says a new study, because this may be the reason you are successful in business.
by Dan Oswald This past Memorial Day, a day reserved to remember and honor those who have died in service of the United States of America, my youngest child graduated from high school. So this Memorial Day also became a day to honor and celebrate his accomplishments. This all got me thinking a bit about […]
In today’s Advisor, we will review two types of training requirements for operations and maintenance (O&M) workers who are involved with asbestos-containing material (ACM) not related to demolition and renovation projects.
A ruling in a closely watched religious discrimination case means employers may be liable for discrimination if they base employment decisions on an applicant’s suspected religious practices even in situations, such as the one in this case, in which the applicant hasn’t directly disclosed a need for a religious accommodation. On June 1, the U.S. […]
Joseph “Sepp” Blatter is a man whose name seems an adjective as much as a proper noun. Blatter, as you likely know by now, was just elected to a fifth term as President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international umbrella organization for international soccer. The 79-year-old Blatter was his typically arrogant […]
Employers are not required to grant an employee’s desired accommodation, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed. Instead, they need only provide one that is effective. The court reached that conclusion in Noll v. IBM, No. 13-4096-cv (2nd Cir. May 21, 2015) when it determined that IBM had accommodated a deaf employee by […]