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  These 3 Words Just Cost An Employer $50K

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  LawHuman ResourcesCompensation, BenefitsHiringFinancial strategyStandardsHR ManagementBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence PerspectivesLeadership, CareerJob TrendsBest Practices

  A recent lawsuit taught managers what not to say as the EEOC showed, once again, that a small comment can end up costing an employer big. Diverse Lynx, an IT staffing firm in Princeton, NJ, was slapped with an age discrimination suit after rejecting a older applicant. 'Age will matter'. According to the EEOC...

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  8 Insane Excuses For Being Late, Including 'My Fake Eyelashes Got Stuck Together'

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  Whether it's traffic or an alarm not going off, tardy employees always have an excuse. But sometimes, their reasons for being late are far more ridiculous. A recent CareerBuilder survey was all about punctuality, highlighting crazy and common excuses for being late, who the biggest offenders are and how companies handle tardiness...

• Dealing With The Opioid Crisis: 3 Important Steps For HR

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  When it comes to dealing with opioid addiction in the workplace, it's not always immediately clear what's needed most from HR: Is it compassion? A dose of tough love? A strategic focus on the hard facts? However, when you start peeling back the layers of the issue, the answer emerges. Opioid abuse statistics are unavoidable, but they bear repeating...

• When Should Employers Use Nondisclosure Agreements?

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  Nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) are used for a variety of reasons-including to protect employers' sensitive business information. But when should NDAs be used, and what types of information should be protected? News about overreaching noncompetes that prevent low-wage earners from working for competitors and NDAs that may silence victims of harassment have motivated state legislators to...

• How To Handle And Help Employees Who Smoke (And Those Who Don't)

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  At one time, cigarette smoking was part of everyday office life. Ashtrays could be found in every conference room, as well as atop many desks. As public awareness of the health dangers of cigarettes grew, however, more consumers made the decision to quit smoking, leading to bans in workplaces and other areas across the country. But...

• Publishers Corner: When Your Child Wants To Follow Their Dreams

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  I'm not religious, however, I know that I'm blessed with three wonderful children (Marcus 26, Rachel 20, & Ava 15). Each has special talents that seem to appear contiguously - even all these years later. It's been fun to watch them through their successes and inevitable failures, keep moving FW: After all, isn't that what life is all about, reinventing yourself? My humble opinion - in 2018 that skill is requisite. In any event...

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• HR Responds To The #MeToo Movement

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  Human resources is working overtime to address accusations that practitioners have been on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement. The wide-scale makeover of processes, policies and the profession's image comes in the wake of revelations of widespread sexual harassment at U.S. employers of every size and in virtually every field, from entertainment to academia to government. They include...

• How To Give Employee Feedback So It's Useful And Welcome

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  Research conducted by Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd, authors of The 2020 Workplace (HarperBusiness), revealed a contradiction concerning employee feedback: *Of eight managerial capabilities and strengths employees wanted most from their managers, "Will give me straight feedback" was ranked No. 1. *When HR professionals rated the managers in their organizations on the eight capabilities and strengths, the ability to give effective feedback was ranked last. The fact is...

• Behind The Curtain

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  As executive vice president of global HR at Protiviti, Scott Redfearn gets pinged several times a day by email alerts from the job site Glassdoor, notifying him that an employee posted an online comment about his consulting firm, which supports 5,000 employees in approximately 75 countries. "With negative reviews, we find...