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Layoffs: How To Conduct Them Properly And Potentially Avoid Them Altogether

HR Tech Girl

I’ve been managing people and budgets for over 20 years, and I was a CFO in 2008 when the recession hit and we had to drastically cut the company budget. In their notice, they express gratitude for the contributions of the affected employees and explain the reasoning behind the layoffs in a clear and honest way.

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Why I’m a management-side lawyer

Ohio Employer's Law

Today, I look all the way back to April 15, 2008, for one of these reruns, to answer the question—. It’s an opportunity to train employers how to handle an employee relations problem better the next time. Every now and again it’s worth pulling a post out of the archives for a rerun. Why am I a management-side attorney?

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3 Steps to Protect Information While Leveraging Social Media

HR Daily Advisor

The number of companies maintaining a corporate presence on social media rose from 34% in 2008 to 77% in 2013 according to SHRM Survey Findings: Social Networking Website and Recruiting/Selection. Use caution when disciplining or terminating an employee because of social media posts. Garrison , Esq.—partner As an attorney, Ms.

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Four pressing challenges facing health and safety teams

cipHR

HR and health and safety (H&S) professionals are facing a number significant challenges in their quest to ensure H&S compliance at work, said Simon Cooke and Julian Taylor of SHE Software during a recent CIPHR webinar. When we talk about compliance, there’s often an assumption that this is a management responsibility,” said Taylor.

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Performance Appraisal & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Phase 4.

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Shaping Performance & Rewards in Response to COVID-19

HR Digest

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu). Phase 4.

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The Economist's Talent Management Summit and the new rules of.

Strategic HCM

But increasingly asking for this unthinking compliance just turns people off. Employees may still keep quite and line up, though increasingly they wont (theyll just blog about you instead). This challenge and conflict is still engagement (its the silent cynical compliance which is non engaged). ► 2008. ► 2007.