HR Management

Bad worker meets bad documentation: Who wins in court?

06/16/2015

As the following case shows, if you plan to fire an employee for misconduct and insubordination, a court won’t look kindly on that gaping hole in the employee’s personnel file.

USPS fined for worker’s heat-related death

06/16/2015

Sweltering summer weather may be hard to remember when much of the country is in the grip of Arctic blasts, but heat-related illness is a significant work hazard.

Get instant employee feedback: 3 online tools to create your own surveys

06/15/2015

Don’t just guess at which benefits your employees want or where they’d like to hold the summer picnic this year. Several great (and often free) Web-based survey tools allow HR to instantly take the pulse of their employees.

10 extreme jobs–and why you couldn’t pay us enough

06/11/2015

HR pros have nothing to complain about compared to the people who perform the world’s most extreme jobs, as compiled by YourTradeBase, a British business consulting firm.

Recipe for a lawsuit: No reporting policy, name-calling

06/09/2015

You’re risking trouble if you don’t have an anti-harassment and discrimination policy that allows employees to report discrimination and harassment.

The HR I.Q. Test: June ’15

06/01/2015

Here’s your monthly quiz on HR trends and issues.

Your personal assets at risk! What to do if you are sued

05/22/2015

Some laws carry the prospect of personal liability. What does that mean? Laws like the FMLA and the Fair Labor Standards Act permit employees to sue individuals—not just employers—including HR professionals.

Millennials become largest generation at work

05/21/2015

Millennials (age 18 to 34) inched ahead of Generation X (35 to 50) in workforce participation in the first quarter of 2015. They now comprise 34.58% of the workforce, compared to 34.06% for Gen Xers.

Felony OSHA violations for Bumble Bee worker’s death

05/20/2015

Bumble Bee Tuna and two employees face felony OSHA violations after a maintenance worker was cooked alive inside a 35-foot oven at the company’s Santa Fe Springs facility.

Time to replace your old OSHA poster

05/19/2015

For the first time since 2007, OSHA has revised the “It’s the Law” poster that all employers must display. Take down your tattered old copy and replace it with the new one.