Bernie Dyme on November 12th, 2010

This week, it was all over the news: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is suing a Connecticut company that terminated an employee for posting negative remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook… but the root cause of this is really an employee relations issue.

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Maureen Dorgan-Clemens on July 16th, 2009

Disruptive professionals can infect your business much like arsenic affects the human body. They eat away at morale, productivity, employee retention and even your brand reputation.  Symptoms start with a headache and end with multi-organ failure if not addressed.
Unfortunately, disruptive professionals are often your highest performers, like top sales people, prominent surgeons or lawyers with [...]

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Jon Vegosen on June 18th, 2009

This month, the issue of terminating “Borrowed Employees” enters the legal spotlight and, unfortunately, sexual harassment remains there.

Potential Claim for Terminating a Borrowed Employee
Employers occasionally have staffing firms supply them with workers. While it is normally easy to replace such temporary workers if they don’t work out, employers must nevertheless exercise caution when terminating the [...]

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