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The Hidden Costs of Layoffs: Think downsizing will solve your company’s financial woes? These harsh realities may make you think twice. 1. Significant indirect costs often wipe out the direct savings of layoffs. While layoffs may seem like a good way to...; Tags: Layoff, Workplace, Employee, Downsizing, Employee Retention, Uchitelle, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Carlos Bergfeld, Louis Uchitelle, Recession, Economy, Management, Team, Johnson & Johnson; Articles 2008-06-23
Learning to Say You're Fired: One chronic underperformer can hold back an entire team. Here's how to let someone go with professionalism—and compassion.Is one of your workers holding back the rest of your team? If you've given them plenty of chances to improve and things just aren't working out, it's time to consider another option:...; Tags: Andrew Mager, BNET Feature Package, Human Resources, Jennifer Alsever, Management, Performance, Workplace, Termination, Worker, Firing, Employee; Articles 2008-02-19
The Right Way To Spy On Employees: Be honest. We're you really surprised at the revelations that State Department employees took clandestine peeks at the presidential candidate's passport files? I wasn't. I know of a department store credit office where the night shift routinely passes the time by pulling up records of famous customers....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Blogging, Sean Silverthorne, monitoring; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Office Design: How to Build a Better Office: A well-designed office is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to retain workers and make them more productive. Size Up Your Current Space Goal: Understand how well — or...; Tags: Jane Hodges, worker, fax machine, coffee shop, conference, photocopier, vice president, fax, finance, printer, environment, financial, job, team, sales; Articles 2008-02-29
Family-Friendly Policies from Family-Friendly Companies: Flexible parental-leave programs are one of the keys to employee retention. These exemplary companies have policies in place that rank high with working parents. Ernst & Young Tax, accounting, and financial services New York, NY Leave Policy: Six weeks of fully paid parental leave...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Benefits, C.C. Holland, Ernst & Young LLP, leave, women, flex-time, salary, benefit, support services, backup, financial service, workplace, career, accounting, asset, worker, Microsoft Corp., storage, leader, job, strategy, software; Articles 2007-05-29

Should Foreign Languages Be Banned from US Workplaces?: It can be frustrating for an English-speaking customer to deal with an employee who struggles with the language. However, companies generally see the value in having bilingual employees on-staff to address the many consumers who haven't mastered English. But what does any of that have to do with conversations between...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Lori Deschene, Salvation Army, English-only, workplace; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Child Care/Dependent Care Policy: The Child Care/Dependent Care policy states that the Company seeks to provide an environment that allows an employee to enjoy work and not be distracted by concerns about dependents. The Company expects all employees to be at work unless the employee or a dependent is ill. This policy outlines the...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, job, environment; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
What Is Forced Ranking?: Forced ranking is a controversial workforce management tool that uses intense yearly evaluations to identify a company's best and worst performing employees. Why It Matters Now Although most large organizations refuse to publicly discuss or even confirm whether they're using some form of forced ranking, as many as...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jennifer Alsever, General Electric Co., workforce management, C, worker, firing, teamwork, Human Resources, talent, workplace, compensation, performance, shareholder, training, strategy, environment, tool, job, Internet; Articles 2007-03-20
How to Fire the Employee Who's Holding You Back: Donald Trump makes it look easy, but the words you're fired are always difficult to say. Here's how to let an employee go the right way, breaking the news firmly but gently so you can get your team back on track. Treat Dismissal As an...; Tags: Jennifer Alsever, firing, worker, Human Resources, performance review, termination, performance, litigation, consulting, leader, training, team, job, environment, strategy; Articles 2007-03-20
Nipping Workplace Bullying in the Bud: Bullying is a major problem in workplaces all over the world. A recent study estimated that approximately one in six U.S. workers had directly experienced bullying within the previous year.Although there is no legal definition of bullying, it is generally defined as “ repeated, mistreatment of one or more persons...; Tags: workplace, employee, victim, staff member, tackling bullying, recruitment, team management, human resources, workforce management; Articles 2007-06-07
Employees Disciplined for Inappropriate Use of the Internet and Email: Companies need to have clear guidelines for employees regarding computer and email usage if they want to regulate and monitor how employees use the Internet and email as well as all other communications equipment in the workplace. Many employers assume that the employers' ownership of the computing equipment and the...; Tags: Monitor, Workplace, Employee, Employer, E-mail, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Internet, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components; White papers 2004-09-01
Sample Script For Getting Employee Feedback On Job Satisfaction: Employee morale problems can be the result of any number of workplace problems. If employees don't like a particular supervisor, or feel that their work isn't appreciated, results will suffer. Getting to the root of the problem is sometimes a challenge. In many instances, the only way to get at...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Office Depot Inc., supervisor, workplace, job; Tools & templates 2004-03-01
Tips On Ergonomics Compliance - Voluntary Business Efforts In The Workplace: Most companies find it difficult to deal with their employees. Companies often worry about the ensuing demands of employees, failing which; companies have to incur heavy losses. Experts however, suggest that worrying over problems do not solve them, rather, companies should make an effort to analyze the needs of their...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workforce, workplace, Webcast, technique, environment; Webcasts 2003-03-01
Helping Employees Help Themselves: With an abundance of technology and information at employees’ fingertips, the migration to self-management is a natural workplace evolution. This paper points that the key is that in successful self-management, the employee can make a well-informed decision without a lot of outside help. It also states that it's important to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace; White papers 2003-01-01
Best Practices In Finding And Keeping Good Employees: From the executive summary: ‘Companies around the world are developing innovative ways to attract and retain employees. Creative approaches to workplace management have allowed businesses to find and keep a qualified workforce, giving them the edge over competitors that are burdened with costs associated with a high turnover rate.’ The...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, workforce, best practice; White papers 2003-01-01
Efficient Use Of Workplace Telephones After Disaster Strikes: The telephone network is designed based on the amount of traffic it expects to carry during the busiest hour of the day. Telephone companies located in earthquake areas take great precautions to minimize service interruption through building structures that far exceed local building codes, securing and bracing all equipment, providing...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, telephone network, workplace, network, training; White papers 2003-01-01
CEA Develops Leading Workplace Culture: Most people love their workplace because it gives them inner satisfaction. The inner satisfaction comes when the companies’ people work for provides proper benefits, and takes care of the employees’ needs. Hence, it is essential to create a good working environment where employees feel at home. An elaborate process is...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, corporate culture, accountability, benefit, environment; Case studies 2003-01-01
Accommodating Religious Beliefs in the Workplace What Employers Need to Know: An employer is required to make reasonable accommodations to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observances or practices where accommodation can be made "without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business." If the employer fails to satisfy this requirement, an employee may be able to make out a...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HR.com, accommodation, workplace, compliance; White papers 2002-01-01
Coping With Workplace Grief: Workplace grief arises with confrontation between employees or between employees and the supervisor. Such situation leads to stress being developed in the employees. The employees, then, cease to be productive in their work. Therefore, it is imperative for the management to balance employee grief with the need to be productive...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, CFO Publishing Corp., workplace, supervisor; White papers 2001-11-01
Monitoring Employee E-mail: Efficient Workplaces Vs. Employee Privacy: Employer monitoring of electronic mail constitutes an emerging area of the law that is clearly unsettled at this point in time. This paper demonstrates that the privacy rights of non public-sector employees are relatively unprotected by the federal and state constitutions, broad judicial interpretations of enacted privacy legislation favor legitimate...; Tags: Thomson Corp., monitoring, workplace, e-mail; White papers 2001-07-25