Blogs / 2011 / June

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2011 / June

A recent article in Corporate Counsel Magazine discussed the reality that “employees are suing like never before.” For example, “skycaps, bank loan officers, bartenders, phone company engineers, financial research associates, exotic dancers, drug sto... More...

HR folks have to deal with some unpleasant subjects, and this is certainly one of them. Body odor can present a real workplace challenge. Just ask any space shuttle astronaut or submarine officer. People can have offensive odors for a number of reaso... More...

Here’s what HR professionals are told to worry about most: * FMLA, ADA, EEOC, DOL, OSHA, NLRB, FLSA, OFCCP, GINA, HIPAA, COBRA, Title VII, etc. * Discipline, termination, layoffs, bullies, violence, EPLI, etc. * Protecting ourselves ... More...

An employee challenged her termination based on a written attendance policy enforced largely though progressive discipline action. It was suggested that at least one of the absences was for an FMLA protected absence, even though no FMLA Leave had be... More...

A Minnesota Court of Appeals was recently required to interpret the Minnesota Fair Labor Standard Act, a situation that does not occur on a regular basis. At issue was whether or not the prepayment of bonuses, and then their deduction when the prepa... More...

A 57 year old employee claimed age discrimination when he was terminated as part of a reduction in force (RIF). He claimed that the RIF disparately impacted employees age 40 and over because 14 of the 15 employees terminated were over age 40. The m... More...

The Supreme Court recently reversed a decision by the 7th Circuit regarding the validity of oral complaints in a retaliation case. In the case at hand, an employee was eventually terminated after he had complained to various persons in the chain of ... More...

by Tom Denham As you may know, networking is the number one job search strategy. One of your initial steps will be to identify a list of networking contacts. You may be thinking, “I don’t really have a network! Where am I supposed to find all... More...

Are you involved in managing, creating, or facilitating workplace training as an internal training professional or external consultant? Do you want to make sure that the investment you make in your training programs has the biggest impact poss... More...

More churches and faith-based groups are recognizing the importance of stringent background checks among those who working with children. This development comes as a result of the recent increase in church abuse scandals among minors. Child advoca... More...

In today’s struggling economy the federal, state and local governments are giving tax credits and incentives to employers through the Federal HIRE Act program. Employers can take advantage of a Social Security Tax Exemption and a general Business Tax... More...

A California state senator has introduced a bill this week to prohibit an employer from firing a worker who legally smokes marijuana while not at work. California's current laws allow legal use of marijuana for medical purposes. Democratic State S... More...

A while ago, I mentioned to you about how I have a daughter who studies philosophy and literature in college. We’ve discussed multiple different ways her world of arts and my world of business coincide and have even produced a blog from one of those ... More...

For anyone who has worked in customer service related areas knows that faking emotions can be draining. Sometimes our employers require use to display or control our true emotions. Chau, Dahling, Levy, and Diefendorff (2009) investigated the degree ... More...

Hi everyone, I watched this video today and felt compelled to write about and, more importantly, share it around. Here at Muika Leadership we talk a lot about Focussed Thinking and about how crucial it is for developing leadership to be able to cr... More...

LBi Software Has Been Chosen to Host a Session at the Oracle HCM User Group’s (OHUG) 2011 Global Conference LBi Software has been chosen to host a session on automated HR help desk solutions at the OHUG 2011 Global Conference held at the JW Mar... More...

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A recent survey has found that companies are having a tough time finding employees that have the right qualifications to hire for their most critical positions. Lack of experience and technical skills, were highlighted as the major reasons why roughl... More...

Recognize This! – Without a strong company culture foundation, employee engagement efforts will collapse like a house of cards. I had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation on the power of employee engagement to change cultures and ma... More...

Kansas City, Kan.— Medical insurance costs are continuing to rise for healthcare employers across the country. The 2011 Compensation Data Healthcare survey results show healthcare organizations reported an average premium increase of 9.5 percent. S... More...

Does the board care about HR? A significant study I did with Andrew Lambert shows that good boards do care a lot about people factors. This has implications for HR leaders. The HR function has always suffered from being inward... More...

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The Lawsuits are Coming! The Lawsuits are Coming!

Dealing with Body Odor and Other Hygiene Problems

The Two Views of Human Resources

FMLA AND WRITTEN ATTENDANCE POLICY

NO VIOLATION OF MINNESOTA FAIR LABOR STANDARD ACT, BUT . . .

DISPARATE IMPACT/DISPARATE TREATMENT

SUPREME COURT RULES FILED COMPLAINT MAY BE ORAL

36 Sources of Networking Contacts

Six Powerful Strategies to Create High-Impact Training for Greater Workplace Performance, Productivity, and Retention

Churches Doing Background Checks

Business Tax Credits & Incentives in Down Economy

Bill to Forbid Firing Employees Because of Pot

Do you know a Shrew that needs Taming?

The Toll of Faking Emotions at Work

The power of developing leadership through focussed thinking

LBi Software Hosting a Session and a booth at the OHUG 2011 Global Conference

What are three key aspects of administration that are important to you when offering a benefit plan or program? What is it about these items that make them important to you?

Companies Struggle in Hiring for Critical Job Positions

Employee Engagement, Company Culture & Business Success

Medical Insurance Costs on the Rise for the Healthcare Industry

HR and the Board