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How to put the 100 Best Companies List to work for your company

January 24, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Put the 100 Best Companies List to work for your company The 2011 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list just came out about a week ago.  I am a big fan of these lists, especially since I have been lucky enough to work for some companies that have made this [...]

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How to not get a job

January 17, 2011

An HRHistory video episode What is HRHistory? HRHistory is a random series of vlogs featuring me riffing on pretty much anything that come to mind on the topics of HR, labor relations and social media.   Some of the stuff will be some of the crazy stories about things I have experienced working in HR for [...]

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Just the facts: Employer use of social media for labor relations on the rise

January 10, 2011

Image via Wikipedia  Hyatt Hotels using social media, YouTube to reach employees during union contract dispute  This is a pretty interesting development in employee and labor relations communications.   Labor unions have increasingly been  utilizing  social media to communicate their issues around organizing for a while.  They have also been doing the same in collective bargaining situations where they [...]

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GENERATION “WHY”?

November 22, 2010

Image by Pop!Tech via Flickr TWO QUESTIONS (Ed. note:   This is a guest post from Dan Crosby who is a friend of a friend of mine.  You may know her too – Trish McFarlane, who is one of the stars of HREvolution.  Tickets for the 2011 HREvolution are now on sale.) I know, I know, [...]

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NLRB could require employers to allow union access to private property

November 19, 2010

NLRB could grant increased access Another case that offers the Obama National Labor Relations Board an opportunity to radically revamp existing legal rules.  This case could result in a ruling that would allow labor unions far greater access to an employer’s premises.   This is concerning, and would continue the pattern of implementing many changes to [...]

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Workplace Smack Talk for Dummies

November 16, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Not safe to say at work Despite everything you may have heard recently, you still can’t go on Facebook and say something like this and expect to get away with it. “My boss is a big, old dum ass d-bag!” That statement or any statement like it do not meet the test [...]

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National Labor Relations Board issues complaint over “card check” violations

November 2, 2010

Unfair Labor Practice Charges consolidated, remedy sought The NLRB is really busy these days.    The story below, clipped from the Jobs with Justice blog explains how the National Labor Relations Board has taken a number of separately filed charges and consolidated them nationally into an Unfair Labor Practice case against Regis. From the Jobs with [...]

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Being held to a different legal standard

October 10, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Euro companies criticized following U.S. labor laws European companies operating in the United States have recently come under fire for the way they deal with organized labor in this country.  The group  Human Rights Watch  recently released a 128-page report called  “A Strange Case: Violations of Workers’ Freedom of Association in the [...]

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The National Labor Relations Board can cost you money!

July 13, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Two Texas employees settle for $900,000 Many HR people never have an occassion to hear from the National Labor Relations Board.  If and when you do, it is easy to consider them to be a somewhat obscure organization with little authority. Here is a reason for you to perk up and take [...]

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Some Labor Relations 101 basic stuff

July 9, 2010

 Labor Relations info from the Labor Relations Institute Here is a useful slidedeck on labor relations stuff from Phil Wilson at the Labor Relations Institute. Basic labor relations stuff, but many people don’t deal with these issues much anymore in the HR profession.  Take a  peak from some great information.  You can see some more [...]

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