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Employment law attorney Michael P. Maslanka reviews Guy Kawasaki’s book Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions and shares some key points on persuasion that can easily be adapted to your business. Less Is More First off, keep it short. Kawasaki suggests looking at the best slogans (e.g., “Got milk?” or “Just do […]
Most HR managers keep up with federal law, but state law is another matter—especially when you operate or “have a nexus” in more than one state. Today’s Advisor looks at the areas you need to check. Hiring and Discrimination Many states have passed laws that go beyond the federal in coverage, applicability, and what’s required […]
I read a fascinating article about a fishing guide by the name of Steve Huff. Huff has been a fishing guide for 43 years and is considered one of the best in his profession. Last year, he was inducted into the International Game Fish Association’s Hall of Fame and, the editor and publisher of one […]
by Julia Kennedy A Canadian court recently upheld most of a more than $500,000 arbitration award involving a unionized employee of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA). But it ordered the arbitrator to reconsider the mental distress and punitive damages awards. In doing so, the court clarified the broad remedial authority of arbitrators to award […]
If you want to prevent social media abuse, says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, you must develop a social media policy, and your policy must include several key elements. Pritikin is an attorney/investigator/seminar leader for Katz Consulting & Associates in Santa Monica, California. Her suggestions came at the SHRM Employment Law and Legislative Conference, held recently […]
A new final rule on verifying employment eligibility through the Form I-9 process has been adopted and is to take effect May 16. Identical to an interim rule that has been in effect since April 3, 2009, the new rule makes changes regarding documents used to verify eligibility for employment in the United States. As […]
The Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed sending “no-match” letters to employers this month, three years after discontinuing the practice in response to litigation. The SSA posted a notice on its Program Operations Manual System website saying letters are to go to employers for data received for tax year 2010. The SSA won’t send letters it held […]
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan. 1. Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson. Shows how individuals can come to understand these powerful and influential forces, and how to put these forces to work […]