Issue: Many HR departments can’t afford e-training and education programs. Benefit: Using basic, inexpensive do-it-yourself training tools, you can cut costs and earn praise for your big-picture thinking. Action: …
More independent Web sites now evaluate prices of generic and brand name drugs, as well as prices at online and brick-and-mortar pharmacies. Check the drug costs of your organization’s health plan, …
Good news for employers: A new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling makes it much more difficult for temporary employees to join the same union as the organization’s permanent employees. …
The AFL-CIO is providing a new online soapbox for employees who’ve seen their jobs moved overseas. The union has launched a new Web page that lists 200,000 U.S. employers who have …
Q. Congress just gave employers the OK to maintain I-9 records electronically. I do payroll for a church. How can we make the switch from paper to electronic? —D.K., Arkansas
Issue: Whether employees are considered “disabled” if their ailments can be kept in check by corrective treatments. Risk: Many employers wrongly assume that corrective treatments wipe out an employee’s ADA …
Issue: Luring stars from other employers. Benefit: Good first impressions breed a high percentage of responses. Action: Urge hiring managers to follow this three-step format when breaking the ice. …
Issue: Web-based payroll services for small businesses offer more features than ever, and at better prices. Benefit: Save HR time and cut your administrative costs. Action: Look into the …
In an effort to shame U.S. companies into keeping jobs in America, the AFL-CIO has launched a Web page that lists 200,000 employers who have moved jobs overseas (so-called “offshoring”). The …
The Internet’s main oversight agency gave preliminary approval last month for the creation of a new domain name, .jobs, that would make it easier for employers to promote job openings on …