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Did You Know continued… Did You Know...Employee or Independent Contractor? So here's a question. Employee or independent contractor? What's the difference? The short answer is - whoever controls the work. The general rule to follow is if the employer (that the...

Did You Know series continued… Did You Know...Why Job Descriptions are so important? When was the last time you updated your job descriptions for your key people? A job description is the first piece of the recruiting-interviewing-hiring puzzle and the key to a...

This month we’ll be sharing with you some helpful tips and debunking common misconceptions from our series of Did You Know tips. Did You Know... It's Vacation Time! Sounds relaxing, doesn't it? Do you look forward to the time away from work? Do you recognize how...

Out on my very first harassment allegation investigation, I arrived at a location where I had never met anyone before.  The male operations manager had called me in to handle a complaint.  After several minutes of side-stepping and beating around the bush, I...

We received a “911” text from an operations manager, asking us to call immediately.  He had sent us a written complaint filed by an employee claiming harassment and a hostile work environment because she had rejected her supervisor’s offer for...

Preparing for one of my first interviews as an Assistant Personnel Director, I began thinking up ways to break the ice.  I decided to go with what I thought to be an innocent question.  “So, tell me about yourself,” I said.  My interviewee proudly responded that he...