(excerpts from 9/29/09 and 10/1/09 BLR HR Daily Advisor)
It’s clear that your supervisors are the first line of defense in preventing lawsuits, but don’t forget, that means they’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 [...]

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 [...]

“Many companies operate with a feudal mentality,” says Jon D. Groussman. They do a great job of protecting their employees “inside the castle”—think how difficult it is to get past a security guard or receptionist. However, they neglect their employees’ safety when they “leave the fortress and cross over the moat.”
It often takes a tragedy [...]

Keys to Motivation (plus a really cool interview question)
HR Morning September 17, 2009 by Jim Giuliano
In these tough times, if your organization is one of those asking employees to do more for less, it’s especially important consider what’s going to motivate them.
The best parts of these motivational tools — excerpted from the Harvard Business Review [...]

Do Employees Have a Right to Privacy?
(BLR HR Advisor September 9, 2009)
It used to be easy, says Attorney Matthew Effland. If you spotted someone reading on the job, you just told them to go back to work. Now, they have headphones on—are they listening to an audio conference on HR compliance, music that relaxes them, [...]