What Can HR Do About Workplace Gossip?
Let’s face it. We’re living in a society that’s fascinated, if not obsessed, with the private lives of other people. As much as you may want to deny it, you know you’ve looked at the National Enquirer...
View ArticleLosing More Than Just an Employee: Protecting Confidential Information
by Rachel Blue Lately, we’ve seen a lot of employees walking out of buildings and plants with boxes of framed photos from their desks or lockers, and maybe a severance check in an envelope. The job...
View ArticleWhy Employers Can’t Ignore Social Networking Sites
Over the last several years, social networking websites like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter have evolved to the point where most employees use at least one, if not several, of them throughout...
View ArticleEmployee Fraud: Warning Signs, Deterring and Responding to It
These days it seems like you can’t pick up a newspaper or log on to the Internet without reading another story about multimillion-dollar fraud. Just when we thought we’d heard the last of Enron, Tyco,...
View ArticleChecklist for Drafting Executives’ Contracts
by Peter M. Panken Drafting executive employment contracts requires attention to myriad details. The higher up the executive, the more likely there will be detailed negotiation of the terms. And when...
View ArticleTrade Secrets, Confidential Information, and Employee Theft
by John Vering A recent national survey found that 59 percent of employees who quit or were laid off or terminated in the last 12 months admitted to stealing company data, and 67 percent admitted to...
View ArticlePractical Steps for Addressing Theft in the Workplace
by Robert A. Berry Business is tough. It’s even harder in today’s climate — and that’s assuming all of your employees are working for the good of the business. Unfortunately, that’s not always the...
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Public Disclosure by Former Employees: Could the Goldman Sachs Nightmare...
by Peter A. Jones Few would question that the world has changed. Collectively, social media, unlimited Internet access, and a shift in the way news is gathered and reported have created a different and...
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Ringing in 2014: It’s time to take a look at your policies and employee handbook
by Jeanine Poole The turn of the year is often a good time to review company policies. We’re weighing in with some favorite perennial professional resolutions and perhaps a few new suggestions that...
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