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Viewpoint: How to Practice Inspirational Leadership
Leaders motivate and inspire respect by supporting employees, listening and showing they care. There is no need to rack our brains to figure out how to motivate others when simple…
Viewpoint: Why Most Performance Evaluations Are Biased and How to Fix Them
Does your company use a performance review form with blanks to fill in and "open boxes" to record their employee appraisals? You may be inviting bias. Researchers explored a different…
Drug Testing of Substitute Teachers Was Lawful
A school district’s mandatory prehire drug testing of substitute teacher applicants did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the
Google Employees Fight Forced Arbitration Agreements
Google employees took to Instagram and Twitter on Jan. 15 to pressure companies in the tech industry to stop using forced arbitration
Terminating Disruptive Employee Wasn’t Age Discrimination
A federal district court found no evidence of age discrimination when an employer cited a laboratory technician’s numerous complaints about management among the reasons she was selected for termination in…
Viewpoint: Workplace Revolution Means the 9-5 Is Dead. Long Live … What Exactly?
The future of work feels closer than ever before. Technology, longer lives and individual expectations are tearing at the seams of conventional office life
Violence, Drugs, Cyberattacks Worry HR in 2019
Workplace violence, marijuana use, data security, leave laws and workforce planning are among the most difficult challenges for employers this year, according to HR professionals. Experts weigh in with tips…
Career Success in 2019: How to Build a Successful Life
When you take a more businesslike approach to career management and harness your dreams and goals to the same actionable strategies that corporations use, your outcome will be greater personal…
Worker Fired for Being One Minute Late Advances FMLA Claim
A tax clerk for Orange County, Fla., who had taken family and medical leave and was fired for being one minute late returning from a break could proceed to trial…