In today's economy, hiring should be easy. But the hiring process is fraught with legal pitfalls, especially for untrained managers. Here are 8 of them.
Virtually all HR and safety training material you’d ever need, as often as you need, at one low flat fee. That’s BLR’s new Employee Training Center. CEO Bob Brady gives you the details.
A humorous look at dysfunction in the workplace. Today, three more indicators of trouble and a look at a checklist system that can be HR's dysfunction detector.
A well-known blogger on HRWorld.com delivers 10 sure signs of workplace dysfunction.
The HR manager's expertise and experience in conducting investigations is always under the spotlight. Today, our expert shares one final tip for conducting investigations, and we get a few more tips from the HR Red Book®.
How good must misconduct investigations be? As good as the jury thinks they should be, say today's experts. And that better be pretty good, because juries expect a lot from HR.
A few weeks ago, BLR's CEO wrote an e-pinion in this space called "BlackBerry® at the Beach," a reference to expectations that workers be available 24/7/365. He expressed his e-pinion that lower level exempts, ineligible for overtime, are the new "wage slaves." Guess what? Readers agreed! Here’s Bob’s reaction to your reactions.
Every company has employees who push every limit and drive you crazy. Here are management tips from the HR Red book and a new BLR audio conference that guarantees to help you with your duds.
When you're hit with suit, you face a two-headed monster: liability risks and litigation costs. But the monster can be tamed.
Salespeople need incentives, but it’s all too easy to incent your top performers out the door. Today, more common mistakes and a compensation management program that can answer all your comp questions.