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For some reason, I found myself thinking back to my first day in the corporate world today. I was a young 22-year-old who knew nothing about HR, other than what I had read in a textbook. After a few minutes of getting settled at my desk, my boss asked to see me. When I walked into [...] The-below story was obtained from SHRM’s web site, and was written by their manager of workplace law content. “The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations announced Sept. 28, 2010, that a settlement for more than $1.04 million had been reached with Abercrombie & Fitch for violations of the Immigration and Nationality [...] Believe it or not, there are a lot of companies out there that have HR people, but don’t use them. For example, I often hear stories about companies who have Operations, not HR, handle the employee complaint process. Here’s a recent example that I encountered. An HR friend was interviewing for a job and called to ask my opinion [...] What can I say? I have been spoiled. For as long as I can remember, my SHRM membership has cost $160 per year. However, we were recently notified that SHRM decided to raise that to $180 per year. Now, in one breath, that’s still very low compared to many other organizations. However, in another breath, the [...] In the midst of our health plan insurance renewals, I can’t help but wonder how inflated the rate quotes might become because of the recent health care reform. Surely, I’m not the only person wondering about this. As an HR Professional, and the one who works the most with our broker to shop and design the [...] Throughout my career, the one phrase that has always driven me crazy is, “I also do HR.” Normally I hear it uttered by an Accountant or someone in Operations who has to take care of the HR work too, because their company doesn’t employee an HR person. Unfortunately, that is nothing more than an insult to [...] I took this picture in Avon, OH, at the City Centre of Avon. It is a new development where a Marc’s store just opened.
As we sometimes see, there are union picketers on the public sidewalk protesting near the entrance to Marc’s. Their signs say “Don’t Shop Here” and “Anti-Union Marc’s.” But what does anti-union really mean? Could it mean [...] It’s always interesting when companies make decisions that we all know will come back to haunt them. Below is a great example. This story was shared with me about a local company. There was a male department head who was assigned to a cross-functional team with a female department head from a different division. They were [...] Does your company have a blogging policy? If you don’t, it’s long overdue. HR Morning had a great article on this today as a matter of fact. You can read it here. Anyway, in the modern era where employees use Facebook, My Space, Twitter and personal blogs frequently, it would be strongly advisable to have a [...] To whom does your organization’s top HR executive report? That is the current poll on SHRM’s web site. You could choose from the CEO, CFO, COO, legal counsel or “other.” This has always been an interesting debate for me. Very early on in my career, the HR Department (for the company I worked for at the time) was [...] |
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