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Following are links to PDF files for our newsletter,
Special Reports for HR Professionals
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| #540
| January 20, 2012
| #540 January 20, 2012
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| #539
| December 16, 2011
| #539 December 16, 2011
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| November 18, 2011
| #538 November 18, 2011
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| October 14, 2011
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| September 16, 2011
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| August 12, 2011
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| July 15, 2011
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| June 10, 2011
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| April 14, 2011
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| February 11, 2011
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| January 14, 2011
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December 10, 2010 |
#527 December 10, 2010 |
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#525 October 8, 2010 |
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Previous Years Newsletters Summarized Into One Document Per Year
 The Advantage - July 2004
- OFCCP Web Site Offers More Links
- Questions From California Employees and Employers
- DOL Postpones FMLA Regulations ... Again
- Chubb Receives Corporate Diversity Award
- Is a Violence-Free Workplace in Your Forecast?
- OFCCP Outlines Contractor Data Tracking Responsibilities
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage, April 2004
- What's Been Happening at the OFCCP?
- The Census 2000 Special EEO File is Finally Here
- Now We Know ... "Who is an Applicant?"
- Watch Out for the New OFCCP Approach to Compensation Analysis
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage, January 2004
- Why Employee Satisfaction Surveys Are Good for Business
- Testing for Disparate Impact on Negative Employment Actions
- No Job (or Individual) is Safe from Discrimination Charges
- Team Building: Reaching for the Brass Ring?
- The Employee Handbook: Low Cost Tool for Big Savings
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage, October 2003
- Using HR Assessment to Create Competitive Advantage
- Careful Planning Can Save Your Business...Maybe More
- Getting Back to Basics
- Child Care: A Benefit Whose Time Has Come?
- Personnel Law: It's Not Just for Experts Any More
- Measuring Your Training Programs
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - July 2003
- Military Mobilizations May Mean Active Duty at Home for Employers
- Handling Employee Performance Problems
- Drive the Car You Have: Dealing with Ambivalence in a Life Filled with Choices
- Practical Perspectives on Employee Management
- Testing for Disparate Impact
- Customer Service: Success With It, Disaster Without It
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - April, 2003
- The Best Practices for Web-based Recruiting
- Hitting the Ground Running: Considering Early Management Integration
- Employee Motivation Problems: Involvement is the Solution
- Team Building The Old Fashioned Way
- Marketing: The Customer Service Connection
- Leadership Distance
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - January, 2003
- The Hard Conversations
- Outplacement Can Help Lower the Impact of Layoffs
- People-Centered Motivation
- Every Employee is Responsible for Profit
- Computer Aided Employee Management
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - October, 2002
- Seven Roadblocks to Employee Motivation
- ETHICS: What's the Big Deal?
- Employee Reward and Recognition Systems
- The Unseen (and Often Unsuspected) Workplace Influence
- There are No Lifetime Guarantees on Job Skills
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - July, 2002
- I'm a Manager Now ... and You Want Me to What??
- Performance Appraisals: A Continuing Process
- Using Workforce Diversity to Increase Profits
- Careful Planning Can Save Your Business ... Maybe More
- New Study on Recent Workplace Violence
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - April, 2002
- How do We Compute a 2-Factor Analysis for Our AAP?
- Spotting Phony Resume Cover Letters
- Doing Background Checks? Watch Out!
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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The Advantage - January, 2002
- How Do We Get Selected for an AAP Audit?
- California Overtime Requirements - An Overview
- OSHA Update - Handling Suspicious Packages & Targeted Workplace Inspections
- OSHA Announces Outreach Effort on Needlestick Prevention
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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October 2001
- Employer Assisted Housing as a Recruiting Tool
- Fourth Quarter Diversity Planning
- A Look at the California DFEH Mediation Program
- Ten Things Healthy Organizations do to Prevent Workplace Violence
- Military Leave Requirements
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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July 2001
- New OSHA 300 Log Next Year
- Being a Successful Manager
- Third Quarter Diversity Planning
- The Business Case for Diversity: Where Does Disability Fit In?
- Domestic Partnership Benefits: The "Smart Company's" Beacon in the Quest for Talent
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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April 2001
- Retaining Your IT Hire
- Second Quarter Diversity Planning
- Ergonomics Passed by Congress - Waiting on President
- EO Survey Response Deadline Moved Out for Second Time
- GSA Postpones Implementation of Final Federal Acquisition Rule
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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January 2001
- New Affirmative Action Regulations Now Effective
- Management of Employee Conflict
- First Quarter Diversity Planning
- HR Requirements for Privacy in the EU
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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October 2000
- Changes to California Overtime Exemptions
- Investigatory Interviews: The Employee's Right to a Representative
- Book Review: Intercultural Services
- Making Change
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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July, 2000
- Be the Bunny
- EO Survey from OFCCP Here to Stay?
- Overtime Exemptions in California
- Recruiting from the Retired Population
- New Web Resource for Workers' Comp
- Comments on OFCCP Regulatory Proposals
- The Youngest Rose
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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April, 2000
- Staying Out of the EEO Doghouse: An HR Grievance Process for a Non-Union Organization
- Are You an Applicant Abuser? (Don't Beat Up Jack)
- Power Tools: Skills for Life
- Finding Information About Presidential Candidates
- Supreme Court limits Class Protected by ADA
- 4th Edition of AAP Book Draws Acclaim
- Words of Wisdom
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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January, 2000
- New Employment Laws in California Start in January
- OFCCP Now Collecting Pay Data With AAPs
- AARP Offers Web Resources
- HR Manager Personally Liable for FMLA Damages
- Hot New Job Opportunity for Computer Experts
- Workplace Violence: Preventing the Unthinkable
- Computing the Cost of Turnover
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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October, 1999
- New Report on Affirmative Action
- Workplace Violence Prevention Resources
- Pre-Employment Screening: Are You Legal?
- FTC Ruling Confirmed
- Top Recruiting Sources -- Survey Results
- OFCCP Loses Fight to Protect Its Documents
- California Workers' Comp Rates to Increase
- Few Employers Cope With Worker Depression
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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July, 1999
- The Balancing Act
- Definition of Applicant ... An Expert's Guest Opinion
- Comparable Worth: The Compensation Plan You Better Learn to Love
- Clinton Administration Adding New Requirement for Federal Contractors
- Can Coaching Programs Offer Solutions to Employers?
- HR's Wild Ride
- Wonders
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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April 1999
- EEOC Announces Mediation Program Expansion
- Web Search Service for College Grads' First Jobs
- Donate to Charity When You Buy on the Web
- California State Regulations Now on Web
- IRS Mileage Rate Drops as of April 1st
- Job Application Fees Prohibited in California
- Budget Increase Proposl Means More Reviews by OFCCP
- California Governor Appoints New Director for Department of Fair Employment and Housing
- Employers Needed for Study on Record Keeping and Government Reporting
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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January 1999
- Is it Safe to Leave Your Home Alone?
- Gaining a Seat at the Table
- Creating Interdepartmental Cooperation
- Is Your HRMS at Risk from Hackers?
- Supreme Court Lets Stand Employer's Hair Rule for Men
- Sexual Harassment -- Case Requirements
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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October 1998
- Workplace Violence: What a CEO Can Do to Reduce the Risk
- California Supreme Court Gives Employers Bad News
- Diversity Includes Disability
- OFCCP Begins New Compliance Checks
- OFCCP Merges Regions 9 & 10
- Why Contractors Have Problems With the OFCCP During Compliance Audits
- What is an Applicant? You're About to Find Out!
- Some Local Changes Around the Country
- P&G Once Again "Women-Friendly"
- A Gentle Word on Behalf of Our Business
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July 1998
- The Welfare Reform Partnership
- Employers' Liability for Supervisor Sexual Harassment
- The First Step in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Fact-Finding
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April 1998
- New Employee Registry for ALL Employers
- Uncooperative Employees
- Problem: Attorneys as Investigators
- California Wage Increase
- EEOC Best Practices Task Force Report
- Employers with "Best Practices" in Recruitment & Hiring
- 1997 State Law Changes
- We?re Offering New Resources to HR Professionals
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January 1998
- What Organizations and Individuals Have Done to Invite Workplace Violence
- New Liability for California Employers
- No More Daily Overtime Pay?
- Sacred Cows?
- Exempt Overtime Pay?
- Take Your Ergonomic Break
- Spurious Correlations
- New Association Forming
- Temperature Wars in Your Office?
- What Keeps CEOs Awake?
- California Ergonomics
- New VETS-100 Filing Date and Address
- Puzzlers
- A Brief Word on Behalf of Our Business
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October 1997
- Unsafe Spy Ship
- Vacation Policies
- Hot New Diversity Book
- Medical & Legal Skills Testing Software
- Poor Motivation a Cause for Unethical Behavior
- Mandatory Pilot Retirement Upheld
- Texaco Tapes: How Did They Surface?
- Employee Recognition
- Overtime Liability
- Credit Reports
- Handbook Updates Required
- Puzzlers
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July 1997
- California Overtime
- Employment Poster
- E-Mail Addresses
- TMA, Inc. Receives Award for Internet Site
- Minority Contracting Increases
- HIPAA Regulations Issued
- Clinton Proposes New Civil Rights Law
- Proposed California Laws Impact Employers
- Age Bias
- New Federal Employee Registry
- New Ergonomics Safety Standards in California
- Office Safety Plan Available
- OFCCP & VETS Forge Agreement
- OFCCP Expanding "Tester" Program
- Domestic Partner Regulations in San Francisco
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April 1997
- Minimum Wage Schedule
- Small Employers Impacted by Supreme Court Decision
- E-Mail Messages Are Key Evidence in Court
- Violence In The Workplace
- New Employment Authorization Document
- New FREE Reference Materials Available
- Misleading Job Reference Liability
- Employeesí Right to Review
- Affirmative Action Plans Teach Employees to Pay Attention
- Massachusetts Now Requires Sexual Harassment Policies
- AAP Software Available
- California Marijuana Initiative Complicates Employer Policies
- Moonlighting While on FMLA Leave
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January 1997
- Affirmative Action After California's New Proposition 209
- New Federal AAP Regulations
- OSHA Reporting Time Limits Shortened
- Expanding MSDS Documents
- Tax Credits for Hiring
- Free ADA Guide
- 23 Years of Front Pay!
- Substantially Easier Age Bias Claims
- Off-Duty Conduct
- Quotable Quotes
- A Brief Word On Behalf Of Our Business
- Letter to Clients and Friends About Discrimination
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October 1996
- New Minimum Wage
- Terminating Workers Who Owe You Money
- Is Overtime Confusing?
- Stretching HR Departments
- Avoid Retaliation Claim
- OFCCP to Allow Extensions
- Damage Awards Taxable
- Retirement Incentives
- Telecommuting Talk
- Portability of Benefits Law
- Glass Ceiling Settlement
- Secrets of Affirmative Action Compliance
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July 1996
- Disability Quiz
- Workplace Violence: Cal/OSHA Actions
- Six Cardinal Rules for Management
- Training Troglodytes
- In Memoriam... Earl E. Sullaway
- Green Cards Turn Pink
- 100-Year-Old Temp
- Employment References That Bite
- Interviewing Disabled Candidates
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April 1996
- Over Qualified Applicants
- New Implied Contract Worries
- Workplace Weapons
- New Reference Book
- Dignified Terminations
- Policy Considerations
- Funnies
- Changes in DOT Drug/Alcohol Testing Regulations
- Paid Time Off Policies
- Lowering Production Standards Not ADA Requirement
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January 1996
- New Internet Access
- HR Internet Addresses
- Meeting Safety
- Workplace Violence
- Independent Contractors
- New Job Interview Rules
- Religious Issues at Work
- Revised DFEH Rules
- Illegal Retaliation
- Sexual Harassment
- Elder Care Benefits
- Reference Checking
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