HR Personnel e.bulletin

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Personnel e.bulletin

Contractors need access to current and reliable personnel management information and policies. The Foundation's Personnel e.bulletin delivers timely and accurate information about employee human resources/personnel management issues each month via an e-mail newsletter. These e.bulletins are also archived here on the Foundation web site.

 

     Previous Year Issues  
  2011 Bulletins  
December  Holidays & Your Legal Liability for Employee Actions PDF
November  If You Want to Work For Me - Part 1 and Part 2 #1 PDF
#2 PDF
October:  Motivating & Retaining Key Employees PDF
September:
Employee Medical Insurance - To Offer it Or Not?
How to Select a Medical Insurance Broker
PDF
August: You Can't Fix Everything with Policies      PDF
July Drug Testing Done Right      PDF
June:
Fair Labor Standards Act: Exempt or Nonexempt?  
PDF of Exemption Test
    PDF
May: Preventing Employee Theft      PDF
April: A Guide to Successful Hiring      PDF
March: You Think You Can Do It All? Delegate!      PDF
February: A Guide to Employee Discipline      PDF
January: Eleven 2011 Resolutions:
Small Changes Can Yield Big Results 
    PDF
 
2010 Bulletins
 
December: Putting Your Benefits to Work!      PDF
November: Are You Connected?
Guidelines for Technology Policies 
    PDF
October: Stay Home! Keeping Sick Workers Away      PDF
September: Rules of the Road: Employee Drivers      PDF
August: Your Next Hire: Full or Part Time?      PDF
July: Benefits Showdown: PTO vs. Traditional Leave      PDF
July: Healthcare Reform: Are You Prepared?
A Timeline for Employers (PDF Only)
    PDF
June: Servant Leadership      PDF
May: Are You in Compliance?
Casual HR Puts Your Company at Risk 
    PDF
April: Healthcare Reform and its Effects on Small Business      PDF
March: Human Resources' Impact on Taxes      PDF
February: Training: You Can't Afford Not To!      PDF
January: HR New Year's Resolutions      PDF
 


2009 Bulletins

 
December: A Different Approach to Performance Reviews      PDF
November: Exempt or Not?
Commissioned Techs and Other FLSA Pitfalls 
    PDF
October: Immigration - Reality and Responsibility      PDF
September: Workers' Compensation - Who Needs It?      PDF
August: Who is Hourly vs. Exempt
& Other Common Pitfalls: FLSA 
    PDF
July: Keeping Clean on Who is a Contractor
vs. an Employee
    PDF
June: Tough Times – Tough Decisions:
Actions for Survival in the Downturn 
    PDF
April: Sexual Harassment:
"It's My Business, I Can Do What I Want To..." 
    PDF
March: 2009 COBRA Changes:
Employers Will Have to Rush to Comply 
    PDF
February: How Do the New Employment Law
Updates Affect Your Company? 
    PDF
January: Investing in People Matters -
Now More Than Ever 
    PDF
Dec. 2008: Termination: War or Peace?      PDF

 


Business Management Short Articles

Follow the link below to our "Facts and Stats" archive. You will find over 350 quick-read business management tips on a wide variety of construction and service topics. 
Articles & Advice Business Tips Archive


Full-Length Articles

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#1: Refuse to Be An Average Company     PDF
#2: Seven Rules of Contractor Education     PDF
#3: Tech Soft Skills Series     PDF
#4: Business Improvement Resolutions     PDF
#5: Analyze Your Data to Prevent Business Disaster!     PDF
#6: Implementing Total Quality Mngt. in Your Business     PDF
#7: How to Manage Change in Your Business     PDF
#8: Choosing an Estimating Software Package     PDF
#9: Exit Planning     PDF
#10: Consider Selling Your Business     PDF

 
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