Goodbye Cake or Just Plain Goodbye?
Maybe you’re going to a competitor or maybe the boss is annoyed you’re leaving. Or maybe the company doesn’t want you hanging around reminding everyone you’re heading to something bigger and better. Whatever the reason, the company can send you out the door with nary a penny more than what you had earned up to that point with one exception — if you have a contract.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
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Outsourcing Gives Small Businesses Practical HR Options
When times get tough the tough get swamped. Even in good times small-business owners shoulder multiple responsibilities. Concentrating on the revenue-producing and operational side of things is even harder when the economy turns down and there are fewer employees to share the burden.
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Human Capital Management
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Why Managers Delay Employee Appraisal
I am a senior supervisor who served under five different managers in our 20-year-old company. All of these managers have the same bad habit of delaying my annual appraisal that adversely affected the release of my merit increase. I’ve already brought the matter to our human resource manager who appeared inutile in correcting this problem judging from the complaints of other employees. I know that they’re reading your column so I’d like to publish this so that they can do something about it.
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Human Capital Management
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The Focus Of the Department of Labor In 2010
Employers will need to place greater emphasis on it workplace in 2010. Investigation and enforcement is the Department of Labor’s focus in 2010. Despite an overall reduction of $300 million in discretionary spending, the Department of Labor will ask Congress for an increase in workplace enforcement funding of $67 million, or 4 percent, according to the budget it released on Monday, February 1.
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Human Capital Management
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Know The Regulations When Using Temp Workers
Utilizing temp worker could present problems. “Some employers don’t realize when they hire temporary employees through temp agencies they’re potentially exposing themselves to most, if not all, the same risks that are involved in directly hiring employees,” said Enzo Der Boghossian, an associate with law firm Proskauer Rose L.L.P. in Los Angeles.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100126/FREE/100129926
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Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
Discrimination and Retaliation Charges Are Near Record Levels Claims EEOC
Employers know what’s happening in your workplace. The EEOC reported that workplace discrimination charges reached near-record highs in 2009. According to the EEOC, there were 93,277 charges filed in fiscal year 2009 — the second-highest level in its history.
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Human Capital Management
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Has The DHS Developed A Process For Verifying Eligibility To Work In The U.S.?
The Department of Homeland Security has developed a process for verifying work eligibility. As part of the new-hire process, employers must verify that a new hire is either a U.S. citizen or is an alien entitled to work in the United States. Verifications must be made using Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
On the form, new hires must list their status (for example, U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or authorized alien) that authorizes them to work in the United States. New hires must also present to the employer certain documents that establish their identity and authorization to work.
Link to the full article below.
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Human Capital Management
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They Are Not Authorized for Employment Who’s Checking?
Who’s checking to make sure you are legal to work in the United States? ICE driving unauthorized (and underage) workers to work is astonishing enough. It is over the top that the New England Patriots of the National Football League and Gillette Stadium do not use standard sound business practices with their subcontractors for Form I-9 and employment eligibility verification. NFL football executives and teams are civilly and criminally liable for I-9 violations. They should be replaced for their negligence alone.
Read the full article linked below.
http://i-9employmentverification.blogspot.com/2010/01/ice-drives-undocumented-aliens-to-work.html
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
May An Employer Change Its Company Policies If The Company Is Being Hit Hard By It?
How does a company handle a company policy that is being hit hard by it? Your company has been hit hard by the flu this season, both H1N1 and seasonal. Although you’ve encouraged sick employees to stay home until they are symptom-free in order to avoid exposing what’s left of your healthy workforce to the flu, you’re concerned that you may not be able to afford to continue providing paid sick leave as required under your policy. Can you change your paid sick leave policy?
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W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
I Hope Your Company Is Conducting Human Resource Audits In 2010
Who’s handling you HR audits in 2010. An HR audit can be conducted by your HR staff, an outside consultant or an employment law attorney. This individual must have significant HR experience and should use a checklist or structured method to assess a company’s risks and needs. In addition to bringing key advice and knowledge of all pertinent laws to the table, an audit conducted by an outside consultant can add an extra layer of credibility to the findings of the audit. Records from a self-audit do not have the same credibility as audits done by independent sources; however it is better to do a self-audit than not audit at all.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://resources.pricesstop.com/2010/01/07/conducting-human-resource-audits/
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-888-884-3910
