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My German Shepherd, Memphis, and Sustaining What We Learn
Teaching humans isn't usually as straightforward as teaching dogs. But the goals are the same.
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Do You Know What to Do When Violence Invades Your Workplace?
While there exists no foolproof way to protect your workplace against the kinds of tragedies that we've seen lately, these few steps can go a long way to putting you in the best place to deter and respond.
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Chicago School Strike Lifts One Local Firm
In the wake of the Chicago Teachers Union strike, Sittercity, a website that helps parents find babysitters and nannies, has seen membership jump 35 percent in the past 24 hours in the Chicago market.
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Can a Poor Performance Review Count as an 'Adverse Action?'
Traditionally, a negative performance review does not constitute an adverse employment action, unless 'the evaluation has an adverse impact on an employee's wages or salary.' Or does it?
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Standing Up for Your Employees
… re all thinking to yourselves, what can professional hockey playoffs possibly have to do with employment law or employee relations ? Four months ago, during the regular season Dallas Stars' center Steve Ott delivered a hit to Flyers' star Claude …
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The Last Word Worker 'Deal' Is Off
… is either eye-opening news or simply a reconfirmation of what we have all known to be true about employer- employee relations for a long time. Here’s how the firm’s press release puts it: “The ‘Great Recession’ may have ended …
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Infosys Technologies Optimas Award Winner for Service
… fall under the company’s Employee Relations Program. The program includes ..... swimming pool. Overall, the Employee Relations Program aims to create an atmosphere ..... current level of 49,400. The Employee Relations Program also helps the company …
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Employment Law Landscape Changes With Wal-Mart Ruling
… policies, sharing job opportunities and listening to employee concerns. An active, thorough approach to good employee relations is all the more important in todayâ s climate of workers who use Facebook and Twitter, Davis said. Complaints …
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Postal Service Cuts, Job Insecurity and You
… 000 jobs might not have rocked your world. Maybe you saw it as more of the same old drama around public sector employee relations , or perhaps just another sign that the economy is deeply troubled. But the Postal Service's controversial plan …
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Be Kinder and Gentler ... or Else
… Era, my co-authors and I found a variety of studies tying corporate social responsibility--including good employee relations --to positive financial outcomes. Our own research on the publically traded Fortune 100 also showed the connection …
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Out of Site: Remote Possibilities
… individual leadership development goals for 2011. The rise of the mobile workforce isn't just changing manager- employee relations . It's also affecting how managers recruit. Malcom Gilvar, executive vice president of sales at the Trade Group …
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Genetic Shake-Up
… discomfort. “That’s where you’re finding some of the anxiety,” says Tanya Clark Robinson, head of Employee Relations and HR Policy & Compliance at Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna Inc. “Maybe we don’t have a heightened …
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More Employers Take on Temps, but Planning Is Paramount
… Frederickson, founder and CEO. “The consequences are huge if a mistake is made—both in terms of legal fines and employee relations problems.” The firm rarely ends up using 1099 contractors for projects tied to its core functions, Frederickson …
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Where Should We Begin When Developing HR Competencies?
… need in-depth knowledge of some or all of the specialty areas such as benefits, compensation and training or employee relations . • Attributes typically refer to the behavioral characteristics needed in a position. Those attributes might …
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2011 Game Changer: Laura Picking
… want to go to school after that, then that's a benefit to us," she says. Picking says she has a passion for employee relations , and she takes particular pride in being part of the team that wrote the 60-page job application that won the …
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Dear Workforce What Is the No. 1 Metric We Should Be Reporting to Our CEO?
A:Dear Most Important Thing: Working diligently on staffing, benefits, employee relations and other dutiesâ all while keeping your company out of legal troubleâ still isn't enough to get human resources treated as …
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2011 Game Changer: Julie Heitzler
Shortly after Julie Heitzler joined the Orlando Airport Marriott, she looked at the associate engagement score of 75 percent and decided that it wasn't good enough. Since then, the human resources manager, 29, has accomplished the dual goals of increasing that number while cutting costs, in the
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Analysis Notes More Large Employers Freeze Defined Benefit Plans
In 2004, as the corporate drive to freeze defined benefit plans was picking up momentum, only 45, or 7.1 percent of 633 Fortune 1000 companies with defined benefit plans, had frozen at least one plan, reports consultancy Towers Watson.
