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Rush Nigut of Rush on Business tagged me. The rules of “tag” are simple: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and or weird things about yourself. Tag 7 random...
Risk Management in Employee Terminations: Sometimes the How is as Important as the Why.
February 7, 2008
What motivates a terminated employee to sue his or her employer is a complex issue. In my experience, the manner in which an employee is “fired” is at least as likely to lead to a lawsuit as the...
Microsoft Corp. tendered an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion for Yahoo, Inc. As with any acquisition/merger, both businesses need to calm the troops by making assurance of job security. In today’s...
The White House announced that President Bush signed of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4986) which includes additional FMLA leave for military families. Section 585 (full text set forth below) of the bill...
Classification of Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors: Five Things Every HR Generalist should know.*
January 17, 2008
The Manpower Employment Blawg post on $319 Million Fine for FedEx? highlights the enormous downside of misclassifying workers. There are many motivations to classify a worker as an independent contractor rather than an...