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OSHA takes aim at Miami shooting range’s lead hazards

09/21/2010

OSHA has cited Miami shooting range E.N. Range for willfully exposing its employees to lead contamination. The potential fines total more than $2 million. The shooting range pays workers to clean expended bullets off the range. OSHA alleged the company provided insufficient protection against lead poisoning for those workers.

When petty office squabbles boil over, take solace in one thing: It’s probably not a federal case

09/21/2010
No workplaces are perfect. Co-workers, supervisors and subordinates don’t always have others’ best interests at heart. When it comes to interoffice feuds, employees won’t find much help in federal anti-discrimination laws. Those laws don’t guarantee a workplace free of friction and ambition—just one that’s free of illegal bias.

Workers trained to clean up Gulf oil spill cry foul

09/21/2010
When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster began, hundreds of Panhandle workers signed up to receive training on how to safely clean up the mess. Now that they have completed the program, some are complaining that they can’t start working because their employers are withholding the certificates. OSHA is looking into the complaints …

Alert: Key EEOC reporting deadline is next Thursday

09/21/2010

Most large employers (and federal contractors) have just a few days to submit key employee demographic data to the EEOC. The deadline for filing EEO-1 reports is next Thursday, Sept. 30. Find links to the EEOC’s online reporting system and an explanation of what you need to report.

Address trust, training to keep top performers

09/17/2010

Employees feel overworked and underpromoted, and two in five of them are looking for new jobs. A new study is the latest to reveal that employees who plan to leave their companies say they feel a lack of communication from management. Here are four things your employees might think they’ll find more of elsewhere:

‘Talent’ report helps Deloitte take stock

09/16/2010

At Deloitte, the annual report doesn’t stop with a financial statement. The financial services firm also publishes a “Talent Annuity Report” to chronicle its year in benefits and employee recognition efforts. “We published a Talent Annuity Report because we regard our talent as an investment that generates an annuity,” said CEO Barry Salzberg.

Take 17 steps to protect your trade secrets

09/14/2010
Confidentiality agreements and covenants against disclosing trade secrets aren’t just concerns for high-tech companies like H-P and Oracle. Chances are, your organization has proprietary information and intellectual capital that it wants to keep away from competitors. Here are tips on how to do it the right way.

How to comply with your new union posting requirements

09/14/2010
Final rules are now in place for enforcing new rules requiring all federal contractors and subcontractors to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. If you do any business for the federal government, as either a contractor or subcontractor, here are the steps you need to take to comply.

The 5 questions to ask before every meeting

09/14/2010
It’s time to ban unproductive meetings! Ensure the success of your next meeting by asking these five questions. They’ll set the stage for participants to make the most of the time they spend in the conference room. Feel free to pass along these suggestions to everyone in your workplace who organizes meetings.

The HR I.Q. Test: September ’10

09/13/2010
Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz …