Legal – ResnickHR

HR Response to Workplace Shootings – A Detailed Guide

Warning: This article is disturbing, but it has valuable information for everyone in an HR or leadership role who may be responsible for leading an organization through crisis. In my 25+ years of HR, I have been involved in a number of workplace deaths and workplace shootings. There is...

Untimely Sexual Harassment Complaints

This post addresses the HR implications for an expected change in the landscape for reporting and investigating sexual harassment, specifically harassment that is alleged to have occurred years in the past. When receiving an allegation about long-past harassment, you should: Let the employee know you appreciate the fact that they...

Discharge Arbitration – A Model of Just Cause

Executive Summary: Much of employer angst about unions stems from concerns about preserving the ability to terminate employees. This article suggests contract language that puts employers in a better position to exit poor employees. I have also highlighted some of the selling points to the union (or its members) on this...

Right to Work v. Employment at Will

Note to HR professionals - please forgive the title of this entry - you already know that there isn’t really a “versus” between the two topics listed. For the rest of you . . . . I was traveling for the holidays. Typically when people find out what I do,...

Employee Signatures

Posted by Jordan Resnick MAIN HR BLOG CREDENTIALS EXCEL LINKS Many companies “require” employees to sign performance reviews, disciplinary letters and policy statements. I humbly suggest that most signature requirements are a crutch that do not serve any critical or legitimate HR purpose and can create a negative employee relations environment....

The World Will Not End if the EFCA Passes

Written in late 2009 when the EFCA was under consideration. The EFCA is a legitimate cause for concern among employers and HR professionals, but we need to stop acting as though it is the apocalypse. I am convinced that the worries about the EFCA are exaggerated. Be concerned, yes, but...