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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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Romance gone bad: What can we do to discourage relationships between employees?

02/28/2011
Q. Two of our employees are having a romantic relationship. One is married. The wife of the married employee came to our facility and demanded to speak with the other woman. We didn’t permit them to speak on the premises. Can we do anything to discourage employee romances or is that strictly off-limits?

Ensure your FMLA practices comply with new GINA regulations

02/28/2011
Under the FMLA employers routinely ask an employee’s health care provider to complete a certification form justifying FMLA leave requests. That could create a GINA compliance problem, because the certification might reveal genetic information about the employee. There are obvious precautions that an employer should take to comply.

Feds sue western Pennsylvania mines over inspection tip-offs

02/28/2011

When federal mine safety inspectors arrived last year at two western Pennsylvania mines owned by Rosebud Mining Co., the first thing they did was shut down the company’s phone system so top-side managers couldn’t warn underground workers that an inspection was about to start. That didn’t stop someone from passing along the news.

Welcome to HR Professionals Week: Monday, Feb. 28

02/28/2011
Welcome to HR Professionals Week, the second annual celebration of the people who make America’s workplaces productive, successful and fulfilling. Each day this week, we’re presenting a virtual gift basket of free skill-building training tools! Just click on the links to download!

Improve safety by knowing why workers ignore it

02/28/2011
Each year, more than 4 million people are hurt at work, costing organizations $48 billion annually. Typically, knowledge of risks isn’t the main problem. A study by VitalSmarts identified five situations in which employees most often ignore safety rules: