Form I9 Verification

What is I-9 Form? I-9 form or Employment Eligibility Verification Form is a drafted file that has to be furnished by the employer, if he/she is hiring a new employee. This serves... Read more »

Leave It On The Hanger

Do you have personal problems at home?  Has your car broken down lately or had problems?  Is your marriage going well?  Is your teenager acting up?  Do you have financial woes?  Is... Read more »

Executive Compensation Provisions In Bailout Bill – A Sign of More Changes On Horizon?

The landmark Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the "Act") signed by President Bush today (October 3, 2008) includes certain restrictions on executive compensation arrangements for "senior executives" of financial institutions selling... Read more »

Not Hiring? That’s Okay, I’m Not Looking

Dude, where's my bailout? A few weeks ago, Harvard Business School mounted its own emergency rescue mission on Wall Street. In the school's first intervention on behalf of newly minted graduates, 7... Read more »

Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Alcoholism and substance abuse is a very common work related problem that human resource managers have had to encounter and solve. Reliable surveys reveals that at least fifty percent of alcoholics are... Read more »

Disability & Accommodations: 3 Easy Steps to Establishing & Implementing a Reasonable Accommodation Policy

I've worked with a large number of One-Stop or workforce development agencies across the State of California. As part of the technical assistance and training we provide, I often engage staff in... Read more »

Organizational Development – A Process of Continuous Improvement

When we talk about an organization or business, we mean two or more people working towards a common set of goals. Sometimes, the development of a business may reach a point of... Read more »

Performance Appraisals – Improving and Rewarding Employees

As a general rule, managers are apprehensive about having to give performance appraisals to their subordinates. And no wonder. It involves an uncomfortable face-to-face interaction with an employee, who might be performing... Read more »

General Orientation….Set The Tone For Success

General orientation.  Do those words make you shudder?  Most workers go through so much of this stuff that it is simply agonizing just to hear the words "general orientation."  Some companies spend... Read more »

Fair Opportunity for Disabled Employees

There are certain forms of workplace discrimination that are not allowed in the United States under the Employment Law. The employer must be discriminating on the basis of a protected category in... Read more »