You seem to be unclear on the use-it-or-lose-it vacation policy. That policy requires that the employee use his or her vacation by a certain date, or lose the vacation time. At some companies, the *expiration date* is January 1 of the following year

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Unused vacation pay for employee at beginning of the next year

In most states, the doctrine of employment-at-will means that you, as an employer, can terminate any employee at any time for any reason or for no reason. In this case, it is perfectly reasonable and lawful for the employer to require that an employee take a one-hour unpaid lunch during the day. Many employers do so,

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May an employer terminate an employee for taking the mandatory lunch break at the end of the shift.

Forty-four percent of resumes presented to hiring managers are submitted by unqualified applicants, according to a study of 501 hiring managers by Robert Half and CareerBuilder . The 2009 EDGE Report also found that 47 percent of hiring managers cited under-qualified applicants as their most common hiring challenge. About 61 percent said they are willing to pay for qualified candidates and would negotiate higher compensation if that meant getting the right person for the job

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Qualified Employees Still Tough to Find

Working in the sourcing industry forces you to cut quickly through complex issues to find sensible solutions, and healthcare doesn’t seem a whole lot different – despite the sheer scale of the…

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Derail the Healthcare gravy-train: introduce competitive multi-sourcing

According to a report just released by i4cp Inc., twenty-seven percent of respondents in large companies said theft in the workplace has risen during the current economic crisis, while 15 percent, regardless of company size, reported that it stayed the same. “Employers are hot targets for theft because workers know their systems, controls and weaknesses, and they can bide their time waiting for the right opportunity,” according to a Dec

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Employee Theft is Increasing

Bob Brady, BLR Founder and CEO, in a recent post offers the best summary (even if I disagree with his conclusion) that I’ve read concerning the recent Supreme Court ruling on pre-employment testing, Ricci v. DeStefano. The Supreme Court decided Ricci v

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Courts Confirm #1 Factor in Selecting Best Pre-employment Test

Eliminate the in-person interview and just rely on a pre-employment assessment test? I don't think so. Even though the bread-and-butter of my business is providing pre-employment and other employee tests to businesses, even I can't agree with the recommendation offered in this article.  While the resume and interview are certainly suspects in poor hiring scenarios, pre-employment testing only provides part of the solution in predicting good job fit

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The end of resumes?

Cognizant is a leading provider of application technology, business consulting, IT infrastructure and business process outsourcing services to its customers. Cognizant anticipated the need to streamline the company’s development process and build a more integrated and extensible system architecture to keep pace with the company’s growth rate. The company aimed…

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Cognizant Accelerates Enterprise Application Development Cycle-Time by 10 Percent

Firstsource Solutions wanted to provide them with an Interactive Voice Response IVR system that would enable the company to offer advanced self-service functionality for one of its clients. Based on the Nortel Media Processing Server MPS 500, Firstsource was able to implement an advanced IVR solution that delivered a more…

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Advanced Customer Interaction Platform Enables BPO to Deliver Improved Contact Center Efficiency and Better End User Experience

The following Perfect Labor Storm stat just arrived in my inbox: The U.S Department of Justice reports that 1 in every 32 adults has a criminal record, so the typical company of 500 employees would, on average, have at least 15 convicted criminals on their payroll. This follows on the heels about my last post about teen attitudes related to theft, cheating, and lying.

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More Sorry Stats about Stealing and other Criminal Activities