Archive for September, 2006

EEOC Takes On Big Labor, Big Law

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Two items here, tied together only by the common theme of EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) aggressiveness.

EEOC takes on Big Labor

The EEOC took on the nation’s largest public employee union, AFSCME, when the union insisted on dues payments from a man who objected on religious grounds to the union’s support of abortion and same-sex marriage. [...]

High-Tech, Impersonal Firings Not Good Idea

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

A recent Christian Science Monitor Work & Money piece discusses how to communicate bad news regarding termination or layoff.

Specifically, the topic is the notion that “impersonal ‘cyber-firings’ via e-mail – even text message – have become an expedient way to lay employees off.”

The article leads with an employee who got the news by [...]

Plain Talk About Employment Testing From Bob Brady, a Straight Shooter

Friday, September 15th, 2006

(And from George, making it two straight shooters — hopefully)

Back when Michael Harris was a contributor to this blog, employment testing was a fairly common topic here, and naturally so, given his background as an industrial/organizational psychologist.

Unlike Michael, I’m not particularly well acquainted with the ins and outs of test design and validation. [...]

Health Care Cost Crisis Inspires Sucessful New Strategies

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Some things to consider in looking for savings.

The rising cost of healthcare and unaffordability of health insurance is, of course, a national problem. But with our employer-provided insurance model, it is above all a crisis for employers seeking to attract and retain the best employees with an attractive wage and benefit package.

It would be [...]

More on Electronic Evidence of Employee Disloyalty

Monday, September 11th, 2006

In a fortuitous development, the “Marketplace” section of today’s Wall Street Journal contains an article that fits nicely with my most recent post (“Electronic Evidence: Who Benefits the Most, Employers or Employees?”)

This WSJ article is entitled: “At Many Companies, Hunt for Leakers Expands Arsenal of Monitoring Tactics” (available online to subscribers only, but free trial [...]