Musings of an organization consultant
Posted in Personnel Policy on Sep 9th, 2010
If you have not taken a look at your employment policies in some time, there is no better time than the present.
Posted in Personnel Policy, Supervision and Management on Aug 19th, 2010
I can recall several serious incidents in my time with clients where employee dismissals involved verbal and physical threats of violence. While in most cases the threats did not materialize, in some, I have no doubt that preventive steps taken beforehand made the difference. Sadly, in some cases, violence resulted when no threats were made. [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy on Aug 2nd, 2010
A couple of important recent court cases Compliance and Training Key to Victory in Overtime Lawsuits I have been talking with clients about the increased attention wage and hour is giving to employer time sheets and record of time worked. Here is a case that demonstrates the importance of taking the time to get this [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy, Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
You might want to read an interesting blog post today involving another “Twittercide” This time having to do with the firing of a well known reporter at CNN. Read the post here Warren and Hays If you have not yet adopted a social media use policy for your workplace, you may want to begin with [...]
Posted in Government, Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Feb 16th, 2010
In my recent newsletter I reported that the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice issued a report to a House Subcommittee on December 3, 2009 outlining a number of efforts to renew enforcement efforts in the area of Title VII and Disability Rights. Here are two excerpts from that report that have particular [...]
Posted in Government, Pay and Benefits, Personnel Policy on Jan 5th, 2010
I know you are busy, which is why I am going to start you off this year with a quick sampling of some recent stories of interest in the HR world. If you want to read more, just click and go to the source! Is Text Messaging Private in the Workplace? Does a police officer [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Nov 24th, 2009
Last Saturday, November 21st, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) became effective. Careful and thoughtful attention to how you consider this new law in your workplace can make a huge difference in lives of your employees and can also make you less vulnerable to EEOC complaints and lawsuits. Under the law, employers may not ask [...]
Posted in Pay and Benefits, Personnel Policy on Jul 26th, 2009
WAL-MART – Settles Wage Hour Claims Wal-Mart continues to deny any wrong doing with respect to a class action suit brought by employees in the State of Washington alleging they were denied meal times and rest breaks and were forced to work off the clock. Despite their insistence of innocence, management decided to pay out [...]
Posted in Personnel Policy, Selection and Hiring on Jun 22nd, 2009
If we create a public space which can be viewed by anyone, do we then have the right to say that it is an invasion of privacy for an employer to ask what public spaces we inhabit on the Web?
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