Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Michael J. Burns In a case of first impression, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Michigan) has ruled that employer-required counseling to identify mental disorders or …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner AdvanceHRThere is danger lurking in employee handbooks that are rarely or never updated. Employment laws change. New ones are added. New court decisions affect employment practices. And social changes …
Employees generally like to talk with each other during the workday. A supervisor's inclination might be to tell them to shut up and get back to work. Should this be the supervisor's best reaction?Not necessarily, …
August 29th on the Business Next free audio seminar, business consultant Tom Borg talks about how to take your small business leadership skills to the next level. S1 Tom Borg: how to take your small …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Eric Brown The current Form I-9, the Employment Eligibility Verification Form, officially expires August 31, 2012. Are you concerned about what to do beginning September 1?Per the Department …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Michael J. BurnsA recent study confirms what employers and others have reported. The number of wage and hour lawsuits by employees is dramatically increasing. Year-to-date in 2012, 7,064 …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Cheryl Kuch More than four in 10 (41%) managers and employees think their supervisors do not deal well with workplace conflicts, according to a survey by Healthy Companies …
Today on Business Next, Ron Jeffries, founder of Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales and Northern United Brewing Company, talks about the business of craft brewing and his plans for business expansion. Jolly Pumpkin was recently highlighted at michiganjobsinsight.com. Also …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin When an employee violates an attendance policy and the employer fails to terminate the employee for those violations in a timely way, it can come back …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Kevin Marrs Those of us still rattled by the impact of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 may now have more to be concerned about. According …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin The best things in life are freeBut you can keep 'em for the birds and beesNow give me money, (that's what I want) that's what I …
Today on Business Next, Michael Rogers talks with Jack Pyle, Lt. Governor for Marketing for District 62 Toastmasters, to learn how Toastmasters’ low-cost volunteer public speaking training can help your small business employees improve their …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin Common problem: your employee leaves the company, then uses your company’s data in the new job. What recourse do you have?In April 2010, Mike Miller resigned …
(By Julie Mann and David J. Houston. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine.Historically, we have seen that “law” lags “life.” What this means is that cases do not make it to and through …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Clark Hill PLCBy Stephanie L. Hicks Earlier this year, the Department of Labor finalized regulations that detail new participant disclosure rules under ERISA. These new regulations will become effective for …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Cheryl Kuch Current Gallup polls suggest more than 70 percent of American workers report feeling either not engaged or actively disengaged in their jobs—i.e., no longer motivated to …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner AdvanceHRStress. Doctors know what it means and employees are learning fast. Stress is one of the fastest-growing causes of Workers' Compensation claims in the country.There are at least three …
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner AdvanceHRA recent survey of 544 human resource professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) confirms that the use of credit checks in the hiring process is still …
