Yahoo Turning Back the Clock on Telecommuting
David Weisenfeld February 28, 2013
Yahoo announced on February 25 that it is abolishing its work-at-home policy and requiring all telecommuters to work in the office. The e-commerce company Zappos also has revoked a policy that allowed certain individuals to work remotely. The stated rationale of… continue
HR Fly on the Wall: Workers’ Compensation Preliminary Hearing, Part 3
Michael Jacobson February 28, 2013
In Part One of this series, the HR Fly listened in on the beginning of a workers’ compensation preliminary hearing, as the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) started the hearing, set the parameters and questioned the employment attorney as to the employer’s self-insurance… continue
HR Fly on the Wall: Workers’ Compensation Preliminary Hearing, Part 2
Michael Jacobson February 27, 2013
In Part One of this series, theHR Fly listened in on the beginning of a workers’ compensation preliminaryhearing, as the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) started the hearing, set theparameters and questioned the employment attorney as to the employer’sself-insurance against workers’… continue

HR Fly on the Wall: Workers’ Compensation Preliminary Hearing
Michael Jacobson February 26, 2013
As an HR professional, you knowhow important it is to have an open dialogue with employees, supervisors and attorneysin your legal department.What you don’tknow, however, is what types of conversations your employees have when you’re not present.
In this series,… continue
Words from the @HRTerminator
Michael Jacobson February 20, 2013
I appeared on everyone’s favorite HR talk show this afternoon, @DriveThruHR with Bryan Wempen (@bryanwempen) and William Tincup (@williamtincup) to discuss all things termination in 2013.
Listen to the taping here: Mike Jacobson at Lunch with Drive Thru HR.
You… continue

Seizing the Salt, Sparing the Shaker: A User’s Guide to Data Protection
Ashley Shaw February 20, 2013
Are you wondering if you should do more to protect your trade secrets and confidential information?
Even if you don’t think the answer is ‘yes’ for your organization, it probably should be.
According to a recent survey conducted… continue

Presidential Performance Appraisals (5): Josiah Bartlet
Marta Moakley February 15, 2013
In honor of President’s Day, I thought it’d be fun to take the Performance Appraisal process to the West Wing.
Each day this week, I will be discussing the art of communicating performance reviews while applying the theme of… continue

Presidential Performance Appraisals (4): Franklin Roosevelt
Marta Moakley February 14, 2013
In honor of President’s Day, I thought it’d be fun to take the Performance Appraisal process to the West Wing.
Each day this week, I will be discussing the art of communicating performance reviews while applying the theme of… continue

Not All Wine and Roses in the Workplace
Beth Zoller February 13, 2013
With Valentine’s Day approaching, many couples around the globe will celebrate with wine and roses. However, it seems as if each month there is a new story in the headlines about relationships in the workplace gone sour.
Last month,… continue

Presidential Performance Appraisals (3): Millard Fillmore
Marta Moakley February 13, 2013
In honor of President’s Day, I thought it’d be fun to take the Performance Appraisal process to the West Wing.
Each day this week, I will be discussing the art of communicating performance reviews while applying the theme of… continue
Each day this week, I will be discussing the art of communicating performance reviews while applying the theme of… continue
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