Medical records: Do’s and don’ts

  • February 03, 2012

Medical records are among the most sensitive documents employers maintain in personnel files. They must be afforded the utmost protection, so no transgressions arise...

How to manage employees who are grieving

  • February 03, 2012

When an employee experiences the death of a family member or close friend, it’s tempting for supervisors to take a hands-off approach to the...

How FDR compensated for weaknesses

  • February 02, 2012

Think the economy is bad now? Here’s how things stood in 1933: The jobless rate in America hit 25%. Business investment choked. Banks defaulted. Totalitarianism ...

‘Voluntary’ training time: To pay or not?

  • January 27, 2012

Do you offer extra off-duty training for employees that, while technically voluntary, is strongly recommended? If training participants are hourly employees, chances are...

Beware hidden danger of class-action lawsuits

  • January 22, 2012

Managers may think it’s safe to underpay employees by having them work off the clock or shaving time off their overtime tab because no one has complained. But it...

Charlie Munger’s one hour to himself

  • January 20, 2012

Charlie Munger, able partner of financier Warren Buffett, got frustrated early in his career because, as Buffett describes it, “he thought he was smarter than...

Top 7 reasons why the wrong people get hired

  • January 02, 2012

Nobody ever sets out to make a bad hire. But it happens, even to the best hiring managers. From managers' inadequate preparation to misguided hiring criteria to...