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		<title>HR Update: Positive Evaluations Raise Doubts About Employment Decision</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2010/03/02/hr-update-positive-evaluations-raise-doubts-about-employment-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The article below is a good reminder if what can happen when we fail to remember what we have told an employee in their annual/semi-annual evaluation.
More often than not, an evaluation turns into a document that says what we want our employee to be. Often evaluations are not honest. A supervisor believes if he says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update- 5 Frequently Asked Questions About The Exempt Employee Definition</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2010/02/25/hr-update-5-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-exempt-employee-definition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Frequently Asked Questions About The Exempt Employee Definition
Some of the most common questions received cover the definition of an exempt employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The definition is important because an employer must pay overtime to employees who work more than 40 hours per week unless an employee meets the definition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update- The 3-Legged Dance a.k.a. The Bermuda Triangle of HR</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2010/01/25/hr-update-the-3-legged-dance-aka-the-bermuda-triangle-of-hr/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2010/01/25/hr-update-the-3-legged-dance-aka-the-bermuda-triangle-of-hr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The 3-Legged Dance a.k.a. The Bermuda Triangle of HR
(or Why You Really Want Access to Experienced HR Professionals)
In this update we mention ADA, COBRA, PDA, ERISA, FLSA and Recordkeeping, some of these regulations have minimum employee counts to be effective for an organization and some effect a business because you have one employee. You may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update- 9 Leadership Strategies to Beat the Recession Blues</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/12/10/hr-update-9-leadership-strategies-to-beat-the-recession-blues/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/12/10/hr-update-9-leadership-strategies-to-beat-the-recession-blues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[9 Leadership Strategies to Beat the Recession Blues
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 by Steve Bruce BLR Daily Advisor
It’s been a lean time for most companies, and the dark days of the recession have spawned a troubling new issue—widespread loss of employee engagement, says consultant Jon Gordon.
“Even if companies haven’t literally lost their employees, many have lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Near Misses, Space Heaters and Unsafe Acts</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/12/10/near-misses-space-heaters-and-unsafe-acts/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/12/10/near-misses-space-heaters-and-unsafe-acts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Near Misses
Unlike a western gunfight &#8220;shoot out&#8221; at the corral on television, serious accidents can cause real anguish and suffering so real and vivid that persons involved or nearby bystanders rarely forget the flow of blood, broken limbs, crushed bodies, or screams of pain. An accident without injury though is more like the bloodless, painless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update-Top 10 Ways to Reduce Bad Behavior at Work</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/24/hr-update-top-10-ways-to-reduce-bad-behavior-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/24/hr-update-top-10-ways-to-reduce-bad-behavior-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Top 10 Ways to Reduce Bad Behavior at Work
(from BLR HR Daily Advisor 11/23-24/2009)
Workplace incivility is an often overlooked, expensive, yet treatable malady, says the new book, The Cost of Bad Behavior. Authors Christine Pearson and Christine Porath show how to calculate the cost and what to do about eliminating the undesirable behavior.
What Is Workplace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update - How to Deal with Difficult Employees? Don&#8217;t Hire Them</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/23/hr-update-how-to-deal-with-difficult-employees-dont-hire-them/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/23/hr-update-how-to-deal-with-difficult-employees-dont-hire-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Deal with Difficult Employees? Don&#8217;t Hire Them
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady
The best way to deal with difficult employees is to avoid hiring them, advises attorney Dan Forman. BLR,® founder and CEO Bob Brady says that while Forman is half-joking, he makes the serious point that difficult employees usually start out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 H1N1- Swine Flu and You</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/04/2009-h1n1-swine-flu-and-you/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/11/04/2009-h1n1-swine-flu-and-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Information provided by CDC
What is 2009 H1N1 (swine flu)?
2009 H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is spreading from person-to-person worldwide, probably in much the same way that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update- New Supervisors—Ticking Time Bombs?</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/10/01/hr-update-new-supervisors%e2%80%94ticking-time-bombs/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/10/01/hr-update-new-supervisors%e2%80%94ticking-time-bombs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[(excerpts from 9/29/09 and 10/1/09 BLR HR Daily Advisor)
It&#8217;s clear that your supervisors are the first line of defense in preventing lawsuits, but don&#8217;t forget, that means they&#8217;re the first line of offense as well—the people in position to make the biggest and most costly mistakes.
Your supervisors are good people, well meaning and capable. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Update-Retaliation Suits Are Up—But HR Can Prevent Them</title>
		<link>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/09/28/hr-update-retaliation-suits-are-up%e2%80%94but-hr-can-prevent-them/</link>
		<comments>http://aplusinsights.com/2009/09/28/hr-update-retaliation-suits-are-up%e2%80%94but-hr-can-prevent-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past couple of months, several A Plus Benefits clients have been presented with retaliation claims from current or former employees. While we have been successful in defending our clients at no additional cost to them, and have helped our clients prevail in each case, the information below is a good reminder of what [...]]]></description>
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