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By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Based on the recent HR Technology Conference and Exposition our CEO attended, it’s clear vendors think they know what HR needs: Talent Suites. Talent suites (at least theoretically) are integrated applications for things like sourcing and recruiting, performance management, succession planning, and compensation. They pick up where administrative […]
More HR training for supervisors, less cost. That’s BLR’s special holiday season offer on our popular Audio Click ’n Train programs. Choose any 3 from 6 programs available and one of them is free. But you must order by Dec. 31, because when the holidays end, so does the opportunity! Yesterday’s Advisor detailed a highly […]
Like many other employers, you may be planning an office holiday party. But don’t get carried away with the excitement of the festivities and forget about keeping your employees safe and avoiding liability. Serving employees alcohol at company-sponsored parties can have serious and sometimes tragic consequences for your workers and your organization. If an employee […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a new fact sheet explaining how federal nondiscrimination laws—including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act—apply to employer tests and other selection procedures used to screen applicants for hire and employees for promotion.
Several months ago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final regulation mandating the steps employers must take to verify an employee’s Social Security number (SSN) when the employer receives a “no-match” letter from the DHS or the Social Security Administration. The rule specified that employers would be required to fire employees–or face government […]
Ralph Gaillard reviews the book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin. Review highlights book’s insightful look into the legal force that makes employment law. For close to 10 years, I called Washington, D.C., home, where I had the privilege to cover the inner workings of Congress, the Pentagon, […]
Supervisors are the most important factor in a work unit’s performance, says HR trainer Steve Oppermann. They are driving force that brings excellence—or the dragging force that guarantees mediocrity. Are your supervisors driving your organization or putting a drag on it? Even a small supervisory deficiency can result in billions in losses, says Oppermann, an […]
The threat of individual lawsuits is growing, and HR managers are right in the thick of it. Here are tactics for avoiding such suits … and an antilawsuit tool you should be using regularly. Yesterday’s Advisor reported on a troubling increase in plaintiffs in employment law cases filing suit against individual managers as well as […]
Amazon.com updates its list of bestselling business books hourly. Here is a snapshot of what books were hot this morning — Monday, December 10. The Lies About Money by Ric Edelman. Exposing the seamy underbelly of the retail mutual fund industry, this helpful primer by seasoned financial advisor Edelman offers step-by-step instructions for how to […]
It’s bad enough dealing with lawsuits against your company—now individual managers are being named as defendants as well. Here’s what’s happening and how to fight it. An increasing number of executives and managers are being sued personally for work-related decisions, right alongside their employers, says Tresa Baldas, writing at the website, inhousecounsel.com. What’s fostering the […]