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Seven Key Steps for Terminating a Potentially Violent Employee Termination is difficult, for both the HR professional and especially so for the employee being terminated. But when the employee being terminated is one who HR believes may have a propensity

Who knew that a good job description would one day work as a versatile management tool? In keeping with its more traditional functions, a written job description identifies a job by title, essential functions and requirements.

Severing the employment relationship with the assurance that everyone will "shake hands and have a nice life" is becoming more difficult. Agreements that attempt to release employers from all claims arising from the employment relationship and that will withstand judicial scrutiny are proving to be elusive.

Two temporary labor companies, the president of these companies and two of their corporate officers pled guilty to conspiring to provide hundreds of undocumented employees to work for a national air cargo firm in Wilmington, Ohio, confirmed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In a closely watched case brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the international law firm of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, the US Supreme Court has issued a written order denying Sidley's petition for high court review of the EEOC's ability to pursue monetary damages and other individual victim-specific relief in EEOC's ongoing age discrimination suit against the firm (EEOC v Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Dkt No 05-1481).

If you oversee employee relocations or have ever moved yourself, you know how overwhelming this undertaking can be. Your employees are your company’s most important asset, and a location change can be an extremely stressful and disruptive event – at worst leading to a loss of an important employee. If handled well, you will help minimize the stress and time required for your employee to complete a relocation, thereby maximizing your employee’s productive time and building goodwill.

Florida employers already should be aware that the Minimum Wage Amendment to the Florida Constitution was passed by the voters in 2004 and became effective May 2, 2005. Effective January 1, 2007, the Florida minimum wage moves to $6.67 per hour (up from $6.40 per hour), with a minimum wage of at least $3.65 per hour (up from $3.38 per hour) for tipped employees.

Twice as many employees with less than two years of service voluntarily leave an organization as do those with more than two years of tenure, according to a study of worker attrition rates by Sirota Survey Intelligence, specialists in attitude research.

According to the US Government Printing Office, the U.S. tax code is 13,458 pages. It goes without saying that managing taxes can be incredibly complex. Companies that hire third party payroll firms do so because they recognize that payroll is not one of their core competencies and they are much better off using outside help to manage payroll and the complicated tax implications that are inherent.

The spontaneous and unpredictable nature of the job interview can create hidden traps for the unwary employer. Things that you say with the most innocent intent can be misconstrued as prejudicial -- or used later as fodder for a lawsuit