Hiring Your Next Staff Member
The landscape for hiring staff has changed for employers. For many decades this industry has become dependent on an unauthorized workforce because there’s never been a consequence to it. Not only do you maintain a competitive workforce that way but also you maintain your competitive advantage. That has changed and that’s the big message.
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Business Security still Plagued By Data Breaches
More than 1 million Massachusetts residents were hit by 807 data breach instances from Nov. 1, 2007, to Oct. 31 of this year, according to a report by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, which monitors and enforces state data breach regulations. In the six weeks since, 59 additional breaches have been reported to the state.
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Sexual Harassment as Significant Workplace Problem As Indicated By EEOC Stats
One more workplace area violation you have to be aware. Sexual harassment laws are not gender specific and limited to females. The statistics show that although females continue to suffer the lion’s share, nearly 16% of all the claims filed were filed by males. The problems with sexual harassment in the workplace continue to cost companies and individuals substantial time, money and resources.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://www.tennesseeemploymentlawyerblog.com/2009/10/eeoc_statistics_show_sexual_ha.html
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Reading Employee Email Is In The View Finders of Some Courts
Driving the change in how these cases are treated is a growing national concern about privacy issues in the age of the Internet, where acquiring someone else’s personal and financial information is easier than ever.
“Courts are more inclined to rule based on arguments presented to them that privacy issues need to be carefully considered,” said Katharine Parker, a lawyer at Proskauer Rose who specializes in employment issues.
Link to the full article below.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125859862658454923.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories
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Know The Impact Of The Holidays On The Workplace
Typically considered a lighthearted time of year, the holidays can pose difficulty for those celebrating in a workplace setting. “A new economy and changing corporate culture has left people so terrified about holding onto their jobs that they often won’t partake in any kind of holiday festivities at all,” says Amy Epstein Feldman, co-author of “So Sue Me, Jackass!” “The unfortunate part is needlessly losing all that positive office spirit.”
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http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/07/1729-82/index.xml
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Human Capital Management
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Managers and Supervisors Have a Responsibility to Resolve it or Report it
Supervisors and managers have a responsibility to the employee base. In the eyes of the law, the supervisor is the employer. If an employee informs their supervisor (or any manager) of a complaint around discrimination, harassment or retaliation, the courts consider this to be notice, and the clock (so to speak) starts ticking. Report to HR all reports of discrimination, harassment or retaliation, even if the employee requests the complaint be confidential, or asks that the complaint not be reported to HR, or if it appears as though the complaint is not genuine.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.examiner.com/x-26967-SF-Workplace-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Resolve-it-or-report-it
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Human Capital Management
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What Impact Does Social Networking Have on The New Workplace
Does Social Networking have an impact on the workplace? You are on the phone with a colleague and suddenly you feel as though you are speaking to yourself. You hear in the background the clicking of a computer keyboard, and you realize that you’ve lost the other person’s attention. They are surfing the Internet or, more likely, checking their Facebook or Twitter account.
Link to the full article below.
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202435367912&pos=ataglance
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Human Capital Management
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How Does Unified Talent Development Drives Business Success?
Is there a link to Talent Development and business success? In fact, there is a lot more to it than that. SumTotal defines talent development as: the strengthening of employee productivity through automated and integrated learning, performance and compensation solutions to drive business results on a daily basis. Yet, what does that mean when applied to your business? Is it strictly about HR acting for the benefit of your workers? And is talent development the same as talent management?
Link to the full article below.
http://www.execdigital.co.uk/How-unified-talent-development-drives-business-success_37618.aspx
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Human Capital Management
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According To The Experts: Employers Will Face Increased Workplace Scrutiny
The new administration will see to it. “President Obama has increased funding for staffing at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and is adding labor economists who will be looking for [trends that indicate] systemic discrimination patterns,” said Judy Keenan, a trial attorney with the New York District office of the EEOC who served as a panelist at the LeClairRyan conference. “So companies that use credit checks or even criminal background searches as part of the employment process may be reviewed to see if their investigative actions have a disparate negative racial or gender-based impact.”
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http://www.njbiz.com/weekly_article.asp?aID=79725
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Human Capital Management
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Are There Protections For Employees To Gather In A Conference Room For Prayer?
Do employees have rights to gather for prayer at work? A supervisor tells you that five Muslim employees on his team would like to gather together for prayer. Until now, the employees prayed at their individual work stations. There is a team meeting room on the work floor but the supervisor is not sure if he should offer that space to the employees. He’s still not sure letting them pray at their work stations is the right thing to do. What should you tell him?
Link to the full article below.
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Human Capital Management
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