| How Corporate America Can Win Back Employee Trust by J.T. O'Donnell - May, 2010 It’s no surprise 55% of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs. Recent events have taken the employee-employer relationship to the breaking point. Millions of people have been laid-off, giving them plenty of time to watch the news and see the corruption that contributed to their situat... | |||
| EEOC's Proposed Age Discrimination Regulation Introduces Practical Significance by Stephanie Thomas - Feb, 2010 On February 18, 2010 the EEOC released new regulations that will address the meaning of "Reasonable Factors Other than Age" (RFOA) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives has an excellent post on the law behind the proposed regulation. To es... | |||
| Where Should You Turn For Employment Law Counseling? by Stephanie Thomas - Nov, 2009 I came across two items in my feed reader that surprised me. One item explained how to negotiate a discrimination settlement, and the other explained how to win an age discrimination lawsuit. The surprising thing was not the topic of these items, but where these items were posted: eHow. ... | |||
| When You Change Jobs... by Douglas Bolter - Aug, 2008 When you change jobs, you may have an important decision to make...what to do with your money in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k) plan. Since these funds were originally intended to help provide financial security during retirement, you need to carefully evaluate whi... | |||
| The Big Rollover - What Should You Do With That Old 401(k)? by Douglas Bolter - Jun, 2008 Options, options, options…There are many misconceptions about what must be done with a 401(k) when someone leaves a company. Some people think they have to cash out their 401(k) upon leaving a job. Others think they must “roll it over” into a new 401(k). Still others believe that they must... | |||
| Don’t Lie About Your Credentials by Liz Handlin - Aug, 2007 Once upon a time I worked for a start-up company in Austin, Texas. I no longer work there but the company made news recently by being acquired by a very large well-known financial services firm. With the company making big news everyone associated with the start-up is doing whatever they c... | |||
| The Art of Exiting Gracefully by Liz Handlin - Jun, 2007 You may have heard that Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel is stepping down from his post at the helm of the publicly traded search engine/email provider. Yahoo! has made it clear that his decision is voluntary and that he won't be given a severance package because he is sticking around in a non-execu... | |||
| Can My Old Employer Tell Potential Employers That They Fired Me? by Liz Handlin - May, 2007 Recently I have been asked a lot of questions about what employers can and can’t disclose about a former employee’s performance and reasons for leaving the company. So, I decided to find out what the law says as well as what in-house counsel would generally advise an HR department about d... | |||
| Changing Minds: How Hard Is It? by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Nov, 2006 "All leadership comes down to this: changing people’s behavior. – Alan Deutschman in Fast Company ("Change or Die," May 2005) Changing people’s behavior is the most important challenge for business leaders competing in unpredictable environments. "The central issue is never strateg... | |||
| Leadership: Facing Moral and Ethical Dilemmas by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Nov, 2006 "We need a Nobel Prize in business, awarded to organizations that demonstrate how business effectiveness (meaning survival, market share, profits, and stock value) results directly from ethical behavior. A society that is not built on ethics – on fairness, freedom, and mature hearts and mi... | |||
| 5 Tips for a Safe Online Job-Search by Teena Rose - Jan, 2005 Conducting a job search using the Internet has definitely transformed how jobseekers contact hiring companies. The availability of copying and pasting a text version resume into a form at a company's website has laid the foundation for an easier and more convenient process. No longer doe... | |||
| Stressful Contexts for Turning Grief into Depression (Part 2 of 2) by Mark Gorkin - Mar, 2004 Part I of this series, "Good Grief: Is it Mourning or Is It Depression?" examined the fine line and conceptual confusions between grief and mood disorder. The essay also outlined the stages of grief. In the past two years, based on my workshops with reorganized and unemployed professio... | |||
| Ethics and Leadership Under the Magnifying Glass by Patricia Clason - Mar, 2004 Despite the recent examples of the leaders of Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Parmalat (10 executives recently arrested) and others, it is possible to have ethical leadership. Leading by values is the key. Living those values in the workplace, walking the talk we espouse, is the only way we can ex... | |||
| What Do You Do When No One Is Looking? Personal and Professional Ethics by Patricia Clason - Mar, 2002 Recently I overheard a conversation about a person who attended a large (13,000 participants) motivational seminar event. At that event, this person passed around a clipboard asking people to sign up if they would like to be informed of future events. The purpose was actually to create a... | |||
| How Can I Tell If A Company Has Similar Ethical Standards? by Patricia Clason - Mar, 2002 Q: I am a person of fairly high ethical standards. How can I tell if a company has similar standards before I am employed there? A: First, know your own ethical type. Ethics are a set of values that consistently guides our behaviors, usually in alignment with the majority of society... | |||
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