Don't write off employee training just because your training budget is somewhere between slim and none. You might think affordable (or free) training is hard to come...
"If I had known I was going to be in HR so long, I would have started to get serious about the profession sooner." Noted HR expert Michael R. Losey says he's heard this...
Q. We have salaried, exempt employees who take increments of vacation time (anywhere from one hour to seven hours at a time) instead of one full day. Is this legal? Or...
Employees at Amherst, N.Y.-based Ivoclar Vivadent started walking in the spring, and for 20 weeks, they didn’t stop. Thirty teams of four people each used...
Q. Our company routinely runs background checks on all people to whom we offer positions. Can we legally disclose an employee’s background information to a...
If your managers conduct interviews, whether by phone or live, it’s a good idea to remind them to take and keep good notes of those discussions. They’ll need...
Q. In a previous issue of HR Specialist, you said that employers can’t force employees to visit a psychologist. Our Internet policy says that if we find employees...
An otherwise good employee is acting out of character, and you think she needs help. Do you insist she contact the employee assistance program (EAP), and send her home?...
James Brown, known as “The Godfather of Soul,” maintained a leadership
position in popular music for decades, probably even transcending his
death in...
Just after Richard Nixon won reelection in 1972, he asked his
ambassador to the United Nations to become chairman of the Republican
National Committee.
Question: The HR
director has placed someone in my office on a 90-day probation. During
this period, she cannot miss a single day of work, even after she got
approval...
With about 10 percent of professors at top U.S. business schools now
hailing from India, a new, Eastern feeling has started wafting through
the American marketplace.
HR Law 101: If you fail to do background checks on applicants for certain positions, you could make yourself vulnerable to a negligent-hiring lawsuit by any worker or...
The Pennsylvania Seasonal Farm Labor Act regulates the working conditions of migrant farm workers. The act establishes minimum wages and labor hours for seasonal farm...
