In HR, you see employees make dumb decisions all the time. Here’s another reason you have to train employees for scenarios they may find on the job.
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Tags: driver, inquiry, school bus
HR managers are often the shoulder to cry on or the person to “just listen” when employees are having a tough time with their bosses. But who listens to disgruntled employees when the boss is a U.S. Congressman?
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Tags: reputation, tough boss, turnover
More than half of all states now have some sort of workplace smoking ban. Just how far will HR have to go to enforce them?
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Does HR at your company Google job applicants?
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Government regulations require many businesses to have a staff that is racially representative of their communities. And of course, HR managers have to track this. However, a recent survey shows the U.S. military isn’t living up to this standard.
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Tags: African American, military, standard
When HR hires teenagers, it requires some extra effort. Often the young person is starting his first job, and certain workplace boundaries have to be explained.
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Tags: cell phone, fired, teenager
HR and Payroll would both get an earful if hundreds of people at your company didn’t get their paychecks.
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How much do managers at your company know about their employees? Would they know if one was living at work?
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Tags: living at work, maintenance man, salary
All you need is one employee like Dean Peterson, and all of a sudden your HR policy on dress codes can be turned upside down.
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Tags: dress code, kilt, U.S. Mail
Potential retaliation is no reason to reconsider disciplinary action against an employee. Nevertheless, this boss is probably sorry he had to fire his employee.
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Tags: boss, fired, retaliation
