Do your people spend an average of 9 hours or more hunkered down at a desk? It could be killing them, according to recent research — even if they exercise regularly. How can that be?
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This company’s executive VP landed the business in hot water — to the tune of a $201,000 fine — when he fired a 64-year-old national sales manager with nearly 20 years’ experience because he wanted to “put young guys on the street” who were more “driven.” He should’ve come to HR first for a little coaching.
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Summertime — and the living is not easy if you’re part of HR and charged with monitoring how people dress when they come to work. Even if dress code is addressed in your employee handbook, the rules often need to be reiterated or enforced when the temperature rises.
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“I quit!” There are times when those words might be welcome. But there also are times when an employee leaves on his or her own accord and feels the need to explain the departure. Some of those explanations can be pretty wacky.
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You could say law authorities built a case, brick by brick, against a software executive accused of ripping off retailers by swapping bar codes on expensive and popular Lego building blocks. Groan.
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Would Victoria’s Secret ever fire one of those scantily clad, jaw-dropping models for being “too hot”? Not likely. But now a New Jersey woman is claiming she was let go from her job at a Fifth Avenue NY lingerie shop for just that reason.
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It’s time for the annual “Why Americans Don’t Take Vacation Time” story that always shows up about this time every year as we head into the summer vacation season. What keeps this story coming back year after year is that it’s painfully true. We’ve got the stats.
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Join us for our latest Clear Insights webinar presented by Robert F. Kushner, MD, Clinical Director of the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity and one of the 22 expert panelists who rated the Best Diets for 2012. Dr. Kushner will provide an overview of DASH, compare it to other top ranked diets, and discuss the keys to sustainable weight loss and best practices for employers to choose an effective worksite weight loss plan.
Traditionally, human resources (HR) management systems required an investment that only large-scale businesses could afford. But with the emergence of online HR systems, small and mid-sized businesses can now access powerful HR solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. There are now over 100 online HR software solutions on the market. But what makes one system better for your company over another? We’ve put together this guide to help you find the web-based HR software that’s right for you.
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall — even when it comes to executives who stretch their résumés beyond the truth. But is this kind of occurrence the exception, or is it more common than we realize?
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