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Bring back injured employee quickly: A 5-step return-to-work plan

03/04/2008
When an employee is injured on the job, what you do—and when you do it—can determine not only how quickly the employee will return to work but also whether he or she will return at all.

Termination meetings must include civility, easy exit

03/01/2008
 Even when someone clearly deserves to be fired, terminations are the toughest tasks for managers and HR. But how you conduct the actual discharge can mean the difference between an amicable parting and a messy lawsuit. One often-overlooked decision: choosing the right setting for the discharge meeting …

Labor pains: The perils of the Employee Free Choice Act

03/01/2008
As the 2008 election cycle intensifies, organized labor is devoting substantial resources to support candidates who will advance its ambitious legislative agenda in 2009. That agenda includes passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Employers must understand what EFCA passage would mean and what they can do now to ensure that union organizers do not target their employees …

3 free tools to perk up employee teamwork

03/01/2008

If your organization hasn’t moved beyond “reply all” e-mails as its sole means of online employee interaction, promote any of these three options to spark more interaction and productivity …

Communication Corner: March ’08

03/01/2008
A collection of tips, advice and insight to help HR professionals ratchet up their persuasive powers …

Where do managers need training? Find out with a survey

03/01/2008
Targeted training of managers is vital to company success. Use a survey to identify where to spend your limited training dollars.

Responding to employee rants: 4 do’s and don’ts

03/01/2008
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The fine art of silence: When saying less can be more

03/01/2008
Anyone who has watched the political debates this year has seen a lot more talking going on than listening. The same thing can happen in the workplace. For various reasons—nervousness, ego, control issues—managers sometimes “overexplain” an issue or fill the silence with unnecessary words …

When romance goes bad: Protecting the company from the fallout

03/01/2008

When office romances sour, scorned lovers often use Title VII to allege that their former lover was a sexual harasser. And even if the lovers are happy, workplace romances can cause problems in the office or on the shop floor. If co-workers feel a love affair results in favoritism, the relationship may lead to charges of conflict of interest, harassment, retaliation or discrimination …

Afraid to discipline disabled employee? Just follow the rules

03/01/2008

Sometimes, it may feel like everyone in HR is walking on eggshells, especially when it comes to disciplining employees who say they have disabilities. It doesn’t have to be that way—if you have a comprehensive employee handbook and consistently follow it …