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Disclaimer can counter employment-contract argument

03/04/2011
A disclaimer that clearly states an employee has no employment contract may be enough to kill a tortuous interference-with-contract claim.

The HR I.Q. Test: March ’11

03/04/2011
Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz …

11 keyboard shortcuts help you work faster, smarter

03/03/2011

Whether it’s a speedy way to create a bar chart or a trick for switching from one window to the next, keyboard shortcuts can help even power users knock out work faster. Here are a few of our readers’ faves.

Improve Your E-Mail Efficiency

03/03/2011
Billions of e-mail messages are sent each day, but one study estimates that the average employee wastes more than 40 minutes a day on worthless e-mail. That doesn’t even include the jokes your friends and family forward and the unnecessary messages your colleagues copy to everyone in the office. Here’s how you can trim the time you spend on e-mail.

Dirty Dozen: 12 manager mistakes that spark lawsuits

03/03/2011
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How to make the leap to electronic HR records

03/01/2011
Many employers are making the leap to “paperless” HR. Digital records are easy to access and cheap to archive. But despite the many benefits of electronic records storage, a host of legal problems could derail even the best-intentioned digital records plan. Here are the issues to consider before you make the transition.

Manager’s Legal Bulletin

03/01/2011
Dear Manager’s Legal Bulletin Subscriber, We are pleased to announce that Manager’s Legal Bulletin has been acquired by Business Management Daily, a longtime HR newsletter publisher based in Virginia. Business Management Daily publishes plain-English, actionable advice to high-performers at more than 100,000 organizations of all sizes. Many of our workplace- and HR-related content is published […]

PTOs go mainstream; benchmark your plan

03/01/2011
Paid time off (PTO) plans have shot up in popularity in recent years and now are nearly the majority type of employee leave program at U.S. organizations. Use the following data from the recent Paid Time Off Programs and Practices survey by WorldatWork to benchmark your organization’s PTO practices.

The death of the résumé

03/01/2011
More than one-third (36%) of 500 HR professionals surveyed by OfficeTeam believe it’s “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that résumés will eventually be replaced by applicants’ personal profiles placed on social networking sites.

Sample Policy: Harassment

02/28/2011
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