Practical HR Tips, News & Advice. Updated Daily.
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
The new Texas state law that allows employees to bring guns to work, so long as they are secured in a locked vehicle, goes into effect September 1. Senate Bill 321 was passed in the state legislature in May and was signed by Governor Rick Perry on June 17. The law allows employees who are […]
Employment law attorney Mike Maslanka reviews As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick by Peter Meyers and Shann Nix. If you’re thinking about a presentation you need to give, take a look at As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick, a new book by Peter […]
A recent study shows the effect that sexual harassment has on workplace teams. In a word — conflict.
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times with data from Nielsen BookScan on August 28. 1. Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. This account of the Wall Street implosion highlights individuals who […]
Wilma B. Liebman wound up her 14-year tenure on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on August 27, leaving an agency that’s supposed to have five members with just three. In addition to Liebman’s departure, member Craig Becker’s term ends December 31. Those developments leave many questioning whether the NLRB will be left crippled in […]
Yesterday, we looked at 3 things your managers won’t want to have to ‘fess up to on the witness stand. Today, 3 more — plus, an invaluable resource for the small HR department.
Some employees think that every thing managers do that annoys them is harassment, says attorney Gregory J. Hare, but managing performance isn’t harassment. Hare, who is a shareholder in the Atlanta office of law firm Ogletree Deakins, gave his suggestions at the recent SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Hare says that there […]
In just a few days, the East Coast was struck by an earthquake and Hurricane Irene. As one colleague put it: What’s next, a swarm of locusts? Hopefully, all that is next for businesses adversely impacted by these events is cleaning-up and recovering so that normal operations can resume as quickly as possible. Companies should […]
Many times, the easiest way to train managers about HR issues is to ask them to imagine themselves on the witness stand. When they realize what they will have to admit to, they learn fast.
Labor Day is here, and with it, the unofficial end to summer. In today’s issue, we catch you up on the most popular content on the HR Daily Advisor from the past few months. Get ready for fall with your essential summer reading list: When Two Employees Hate Each Other What do you do when […]