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10 Key Areas of HR to Review as You Begin the New Year
Last Updatedin HR Strategy
As we roll into the New Year, it’s a fabulous time to do a quick audit of your HR function. This will help you start your year off on the right foot with a plan. Too often the day to day grind keeps us from planning and being strategic. This year, let’s change this! Handbook […]
Preparing For a Potential Active Shooter Incident
Last Updatedin Health, Safety & Security
Active shooter incidents are an unfortunate reality facing us all. Active shooter situations are unpredictable and can evolve quickly. It is important to provide your employees with the information needed to help prevent and prepare for the unthinkable. How to Prepare – create an Emergency Action Plan: Clearly identify possible evacuation routes – have at least […]
What’s the difference between “Training” and “Development”?
Last Updatedin Training & Development
Question: What’s the vast difference between “Training” and “Development”? Answer: Asked at a recent HR Roundtable in Cincinnati, Ohio, Susan Otto, owner of Training-Modules.com, LLC, provided some insight via a small group discussion. Here are the results of the overall discussion as captured that day by facilitator Steve Browne: Training Development Short-term focus/Task Oriented Long-term focus/Skills […]
Delegation – But I Don’t Want to Give Up Control!
Last Updatedin Employee Relations
Question: Help! We are having some major issues with our managers delegating. They are either not delegating at all, therefore stressed, or they are delegating the wrong things to the wrong people. What guidance can I offer them? Answer: Delegation can be a tricky thing. When done right, it helps a manager to be more […]
Investigations with Intent
Last Updatedin HR Compliance
In June 2018, the EEOC’s Select Task Force on Study of Harassment in the Workplace reconvened after two years of work on the topic. According to Victoria A. Lipnic, Acting Chair for the Task Force, the number of charges of harassment have not significantly increased, which at first glance appeared surprising as we are well […]
Hiring Foreign Nationals
Last Updatedin Recordkeeping
Question: What should I know about hiring foreign nationals and how can I avoid discrimination claims in the hiring process? Answer: It is important for employers to understand the federal laws and regulations regarding immigration status and national origin discrimination. Discrimination may be happening without the employer even knowing, but guess what? It’s still illegal […]
The Opioid Epidemic and Its Cost on Society and the Economy
Last Updatedin Health, Safety & Security
Submitted by Signet Screening How Prescription Painkillers Led to the Opioid Epidemic The dependence on prescription painkillers and synthetic opioids has exploded into a full-blown epidemic in America. The problem is a 50-state issue that public health officials are calling the worst drug crisis in the American history. The epidemic’s roots are in chronic pain […]