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Dear Workforce How Do Banks Manage Employee Performance

I’ve been asked to develop a performance-management system for a bank with 1,000 employ...

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Dear Workforce Which Is Better Our Own In-House Competency Model or One Based on Best Practices

We have a leadership-development program and are trying to decide on ways to measure co...

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Seattle Medical Centers Become Latest Battleground over Health Benefits

The Group Health Cooperative strike is the first major labor disruption at the HMO in m...

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Court Says Just Sending Employees an E-Mail Doesn’t Qualify as Communication

One attorney says that it is not enough to simply distribute a policy electronically wi...

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Dear Workforce How Do I Convince a Manager to Drop Her Dictatorial Style

How do I convince a manager that her dictatorial style isn’t working? In fact, it’s lea...

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Amid Controversy, Bank of America Slashes Jobs at Fleet

Connecticut’s attorney general says the layoffs violate the bank’s promises.

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Labor Department “Wait and See” Approach on Overtime is Unacceptable

If employees complain about their classification, the feds will take it seriously.

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A Busy Week for the EEOC

The federal agency’s cases run the gamut: pregnancy, gender discrimination and racial d...