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Entice applicants to beat a path to your door

03/01/2005
The hassle and cost of slogging to work is a big reason that good employees quit. And commuting pains aren’t easing: Two-thirds of new jobs are now located in the suburbs, …

Employee (not you) is responsible for filing FMLA certification on time

02/01/2005
When employees take medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you can require them to give you a doctor’s certification that confirms the medical problem. You must give …

‘Best’ employers allow more access to top brass

02/01/2005
One trend that’s increasing among organizations chosen last month for Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” list is the in-creased accessibility to company leaders. Examples: Genentech’s Web site lets employees …

Don’t extend disciplinary periods due to FMLA or military absences

02/01/2005
When employees are covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or military-leave laws, you’re not allowed to count their legally protected absences in any negative way.
Pay special …

Poke holes in your absence policy before a court does

02/01/2005
Issue: How consistently do you treat employee absences?
Risk: Many organizations’ attendance policies, inadvertently or not, include legally risky doublespeak.
Action: Examine your policy, looking for contradictions and inconsistencies …

You can set weekly vacation rule, but should you?

02/01/2005

Q. I know we’re allowed to tell employees which months they can’t take vacations, but can we also require that vacations be taken only by the week, and not in daily, hourly or half-day increments? —P.A., Nebraska

5 tactics to motivate part-time employees

01/10/2005
Part-time employees form a key component in many workplaces. But they’re also more difficult to assimilate into your regular full-time staff, and more difficult to motivate. Use these proven tactics to build commitment among part-timers.

Shield your best people from recruiters’ clutches

01/01/2005
Follow these field-tested techniques for warding off recruiters.

Temp employees lose many unionizing rights

01/01/2005
If you hire lots of temporary employees and fear that they’ll join with the regular staff to organize a union, we have good news: A new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) …

Sidestep the four biggest HR career-killing mistakes

01/01/2005
Issue: Are you sabotaging your own career by making the following easily avoidable mistakes?
Risk: Too much “tunnel vision” (focusing on your own department, your own goals, etc.) makes you …