An Associated Press article by Lindsey Tanner reports that McDonald’s wrapper tricks kids’ taste buds: Anything made by McDonald’s tastes better, preschoolers said in a study that powerfully demonstrates how...
Telecommuting (a.k.a. working at home) has been buffeted about in a whole host of recent surveys which are nicely summarized in a SHRM article by Kathy Gurchiek entitled Upper Management Distrusts Telecommuting but Cites...
Electronic discovery promises to be a real brier patch for employers. It has already sprouted several blawgs dedicated to e-discovery topics. There are some good resources on eDiscovery Source, Electronic...
Fishing off the Company Dock: A Legal Perspective
August 2, 2007
There is an interesting post by Kate Lorenz at careerbuilder.com asking the question "Is Workplace Romance Really Taboo?" Ms. Lorenz observes that "society no longer frowns upon romance that blooms between...
Ten Reasons to have an Employee Handbook
August 1, 2007
Some businesses are loath to write things down because of a fear that it may "come back to bite them later". In the case of an employee handbook, I think exactly the opposite is true. Marketing Your...