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Avoiding Layoffs in a Down Economy

Aug 7th, 2008 | By | Category Employee Issues

Everyone is feeling the pain of the poor economy, particularly small businesses. Keeping your valued employees is especially critical at this time. You can’t afford to alienate your customers by eliminating employees and diminishing customer service.

Consider the following before…



Employee Handbook Essentials

Jul 11th, 2008 | By | Category Employee Issues, Employee Policies

As a Human Resource consultant, I have been asked, “How important is it to have an employee handbook/manual” And the add-on question is, “What goes into an employee handbook”
The first question can be pluses and minuses to a business…



Domestic Violence Doesn’t Remain at Home

Jul 7th, 2008 | By | Category Employee Issues

A study of domestic violence survivors by The Commonwealth Fund in New York * found that 74% of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while they were at work. Homicide was the second leading cause of death on…



Understanding HR Recordkeeping

Jun 26th, 2008 | By | Category Employee Issues

Recordkeeping has been a major obstacle for many companies who don’t know what to save, where to save the files, how long they need to save them, or what to do with them once they are created.  More importantly, they…