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April 1, 2010

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Civility

Mind Your Manners

Professional courtesy is declining. We may blame it on economy-related stress; having no time for nice during financial insecurity. A number of surveys indicate coworkers as the primary source of incivility. The Journal of Occupational Health Psychology surveyed 1100 workers; 71% had experienced workplace incivility in the past five years.

March 1, 2010

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Compliance

Pulling The Trigger

Homicide is the second leading cause of death in the workplace; the leading cause of occupational injury death among females and workers under 18 years old. However, men are three times more likely to be killed by workplace violence than women. Indiana is ready to pull the trigger on legislation that will allow employees to bring guns to work, as long as the guns remain in locked vehicles. Firearms are involved in 76% of workplace homicides, followed by cutting or piercing instruments. Proponents of this legislation argue that the majority of workplace homicides are robbery related crimes (71%) with only […]

February 1, 2010

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Compliance

Warning: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 applies to web applications that allow users to interact and change website content. It is an ongoing work, where everyone can contribute; it’s fast, used for reference and attracts millions of viewers and contributors. It is not always accurate. Whether companies embrace social networking and blogging or not, most will be affected in some manner. Employers need to decide how, not if Web 2.0 will be used and by whom. Will marketing and customer service have blogs? If so, what are the rules? Will recruiters use social media as a method to conduct background checks? Case law is […]

January 1, 2010

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Performance

A New Year

Often at the end of the year, people review everything that was not accomplished. It’s similar to the feeling many get Sunday evening when they wonder what happened to the weekend, but on a grand scale. People resolve that the new year will be different. They resolve to make adjustments, to be happier, richer and wiser. Human resource professionals resolve to update the Employee Handbook, audit wages, make time to see every employee and get out of hosting the holiday party. Supervisors resolve to write honest, direct performance appraisals, give more atta-boys and work less hours. Unfortunately, by February most […]