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Was Heavy Workload a Good Excuse for Attorney’s Wrongful Discharge Claim?

HR Daily Advisor

“Liam” worked as a regional legal senior staff attorney in the claims legal division of American Family Mutual Insurance Company’s Kansas City office from July 14, 2003, to August 21, 2013. provides: “A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Rule 4-5.4(c)

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Developing Your (Office) Political Savvy – Positively

The People Equation

Online author Barbara Oaff defines office politics as “The way in which workers recognize, and seek to reconcile, their competing interests.”. It’s when “competing interests” crop up that the potential for maneuvering starts. Competing interests are an inherent part of our work life. This is a value-neutral definition.

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Skills?

China Gorman

I’m traveling this week and am sharing one of my most popular posts from 2013. Cross-cultural Competency: ability to operate in different cultural settings. Might be worth a re-visit! Skills shortages in 2020 will rise to an entirely new level. And I’m not talking about STEM skills, although they’re critical.

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Pet Insurance as a Benefit – Why Your Company Should Consider It

TalentCulture

The number of companies offering our pet insurance as a voluntary benefit in 2017 has increased over 134% since 2013. We’ve also seen an increase in tech companies offering it, because they often compete fiercely to attract and retain talent. The large growth we’ve seen at Pets Best supports this. For starters, 68% of U.S.

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

In comparison, when I looked in the Aamodt (2013) I/O psychology textbook, only half a page was devoted to differential validity and the author explained the concept in one sentence! then one could claim that adverse impact had been demonstrated” (Landy & Conte, 2013, p. In Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.),

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People Analytics and HR-Tech Reading List

Littal Shemer

Features tied to SHRM competencies and data exercises give readers hands-on opportunities to practice the analytical and decision-making skills they need to excel in today’s job market. Competing on Analytics: Updated, with a New Introduction: The New Science of Winning Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris (2017).

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Staffing Industry Reaches Record Levels: What HR Needs to Know

Workology

from 2013—returning annual staffing employment to prerecession levels. more than in 2013. Selecting and building deep partnerships with the best possible staffing agencies can be a critical component in workforce strategy, giving companies the edge as they compete for the best talent. Throughout 2014, U.S.