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Workers Rethinking Priorities; Employers Can Help: A new workplace survey by CIGNA Behavioral Health points to mounting economic and world tensions that have led many American workers to contemplate significant changes in their lives. With retirement nest eggs cracking, job security waning, and terrorist threats still on the radar screen, employees are facing stresses that are...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, radar, workplace, health care, worker, job; White papers 2003-09-12
Hiring Temporary Workers—Risky Business?: Most of the legal risks associated with hiring temporary workers stem from confusion surrounding who is really the temporary worker’s employer: Is it the company to which he or she is assigned or is it the temporary staffing agency? It’s usually a mistake to assume that just because workers are...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Advertising & Promotion, HR Web Centre, hiring, temporary worker, agency, staffing, worker; White papers 2003-09-09
Protecting Your Company's Assets: The time to think about keeping company trade secrets and proprietary company data secure is today—and every day. HR professionals play an integral role in security—specifically during the hiring process and the new employee orientation program. New employee orientation is a good place to begin the educational process regarding security...; Tags: HR Web Centre, intellectual property, hiring, asset, security; White papers 2003-08-31
Increase Your Competitive Advantage while Reducing Your Workforce: A reduction-in-force RIF is one area in which companies commonly make a bad situation worse. In fact, effectively conducting RIFs is an area for which a significant "knowing-doing gap" exists. In other words, there is an abundance of available information to help us effectively conduct and RIF, but many companies...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, HR Web Centre, workforce, competitive advantage; White papers 2003-08-17
Preventing Toxic Mold: Mold and its effect on indoor air quality and human health are becoming a big workplace concern and litigation over the presence of mold is increasing. Aggressively handling potential and real mold problems now can save you future significant costs. In light of rapidly increasing public awareness and litigation, it...; Tags: HR Web Centre, litigation, workplace, health care; White papers 2003-08-09

Alerting HR to an 'Impending Crisis' in the Workforce: The slowdown in our economy has lulled employers into complacency, Too Many Jobs, Too Few People. As the economy heats up, many employers will not be able to hire enough people to get the work done as their current employees leave for greener pastures—and take the expertise and knowledge with...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workforce, Human Resources, leader, worker, knowledge, job; White papers 2003-07-13
Leveraging HR Technology to Build a Higher-Performing Workforce 2: The article describes that by taking the lead to leverage HR technology and build a higher-performing workforce, HR can create and sustain a competitive advantage for any organization. Using this approach will also enable HR to take its rightful place at the corporate strategic table. This transformational imperative cannot, however,...; Tags: HR Web Centre, Human Resources, workforce, competitive advantage, performance; White papers 2003-06-24
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Discrimination: What type of evidence must a plaintiff present in a “mixed-motive” case in order for the judge to instruct a jury that a claim of sex discrimination has been made? This was the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court on June 9, 2003, in Desert Palace Inc. DBA Caesars Palace...; Tags: HR Web Centre; White papers 2003-06-13
E-Filing Immigration Applications for Foreign Workers: Many HR professionals have had to endure the delays and frustrations associated with obtaining work authorization for foreign workers. Now dramatic changes are occurring that could affect how you handle immigration processing for these workers. Read the article to know the changes that can create problem in Filing Immigration Applications...; Tags: HR Web Centre, worker; White papers 2003-05-26
Security in the Workplace: A Review: The article gives a few suggestions about workplace security. Ensuring security is a difficult, complicated, and necessary procedure for all employers. Large and even medium-sized businesses may have a security department or may contract with a security company for evaluation, policies, and help. Small employers may want to call in...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workplace, security; White papers 2003-05-19
Hiring Guidelines for Massachusetts Employers: The article describes that a basic rule of thumb in interviewing is to focus on job requirements,” says Josh Black, an attorney with law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn and Ferris, and he advised that interviewers “use caution” around questions that elicit information about protected classes. Black spoke at the second...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, hiring, job; White papers 2003-05-14
Use Referral Programs to Fill High-Turnover Positions: The article says that many HR managers know that employee referral programs—systems in which employees are rewarded for recommending their friends and neighbors as candidates for employment—are very cost-effective recruiting methods. They may also know new hires referred from in house stay on the job longer than the average recruit....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, recruiting, job; White papers 2003-05-13
Emergency Exit Routes' Fact Sheet: The new fact sheet serves as a quick and easy reference tool to help employers and employees be prepared in the event of an emergency. OSHA recently revised its 30-year-old standard on exit routes and emergency action and fire prevention plans, making it easier to read and understand and more...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, HR Web Centre, tool; White papers 2003-05-12
Can You Ask Employees If They Plan to Vote: An employer was recently taken to court after supervisor allegedly asked employees how they planned to vote in an upcoming union election. We’ve got some valuable tips for avoiding similar legal trouble regarding union elections.; Tags: Workforce management, HR Web Centre, supervisor; White papers 2003-05-05
Recruiting & Retention after Relocation: Even employers that have had to go through mass layoffs during the economic slump find that they still have hiring needs because the demands of their business situations are ever changing. Yesterday’s business criteria are likely to be obsolete as an organization strives to remain competitive and meet tomorrow’s business...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, recruiting, staffing, layoff, hiring; White papers 2003-04-26
Business Communications and the Courtroom: The article says Effective documentation should be consistent, understandable, and readable for everyone in the organization. Here are 10 principles of effective documentation will help assure that your business records work for—not against—your organization Evidence from business records generated over years and even decades affects an increasing number of civil...; Tags: HR Web Centre, civil lawsuit, e-mail; White papers 2003-04-20
"Secure International Business Air Travel in Volatile Times: Because of a breakdown in law enforcement and security in many nations, mixed with the current air of global political conflict and tension, a company must take into consideration new risks when its employees travel abroad for business purposes. The article gives some basic tips and advice regarding international air...; Tags: HR Web Centre, security; White papers 2003-03-31
Good Personnel Records—An Employer Must: Good personnel records can be an employer's front line against many sorts of legal actions an employee can bring against the employer. Here’s an overview of what record employers need to keep and maintain—for their own good. Keeping employee records is a chore a lot of employers don't like to...; Tags: HR Web Centre; White papers 2003-03-25
Employees Are Finding Their Mates at the Office: Forget online services--more people are finding their mates at the office! Much to the chagrin of some employers, workplace dating has become ubiquitous at companies across the nation... there simply aren’t enough hours in the day anymore to accomplish everything on the agenda. Many people are clocking ever-longer hours at...; Tags: HR Web Centre, mate, Microsoft Office, workplace; White papers 2003-03-17
Four Steps to Successful Employee Orientation: In this economy, people are forced to accept jobs that are not the best fit for them. Once the economy turns around, these people may quit and go elsewhere. What can companies do to keep good employees? Retention begins on the first day on the job. The key is to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, job; White papers 2003-03-09