The Shift In Employment Law After The Supreme Court Wal-Mart Ruling: An Essential Total HR Legal Update For Employers

Wal-Mart Protected From Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit

In the Supreme Court decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart on June 20, 2011, American employers experienced a resounding win. Wal-Mart faced the largest sexual discrimination class action court case ever. The dismissal of the employee lawsuit was a major victory both for the retail giant and employers across the board. The decision sets strict guidelines for the way similar lawsuits will have to be structured in the … [Read more...]

Total HR Management Healthy Business Tips: 7 Questions To Ask To Help Foster Positive Co-Worker Relationships

Positive Employees Means Productivity And Profit

   In today’s work environment, where diversity is the name of the game, getting along with others is often a challenge. Whenever we face the unknown, minor problems and issues can trigger big emotions making people uncomfortable. Total HR Management understands this human resources challenge, and has created seven key tips to help foster positive co-worker relationships. From experience, we have found that … [Read more...]

The Top 5 Hiring And Human Resources Trends of 2011 To Help Maintain The Health Of Your Company

Importance of Background Checkes

Total HR Management helps you do more with less by presenting the top 5 hiring and human resources trends for companies in 2011. It is important to know in advance what is happening in the business community. Total HR Management helps  you stay ahead of the curve so you can effectively manage both your employees and your business. The Top Five Trends of 2011:  1) Recruit Bilingual Workers: Particularly in … [Read more...]

Total HR Alert: Identity Theft Criminals Are Posing As ICE Agents to Steal Confidential Employee Information

Protect The Privacy Of Your Employees

   Total HR Management has discovered a frightening new trend that small to mid-sized business owners need to be aware of to protect both their employees and their business. Criminals have a new scheme up their sleeves to obtain the information they need to steal your employee’s identities. Con Artists show up at businesses unannounced and present themselves as ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) … [Read more...]

Total HR Management Healthy Business Tips: How to Create a Positive Balance Between Work and Life

Find A Healthy, Productive Balance

   In a challenging economy, Total HR Management has seen that finding an effective balance between work and life has become difficult. Trying to compensate for financial difficulties, companies are asking more and more from their employees, expecting home life to be sacrificed for the demands of the workplace. Numerous studies, however, have shown that such demands actually hurt an employee’s productivity, … [Read more...]

The Problem and Question of Retaliation: How To Handle The Rapidly Rising Risk In New Employment Claims

Your Reaction to Employee Complaints

As the nature of retaliation claims change in a tough economic climate, it suddenly has become a rapidly rising risk for employers. Recently, across the business landscape, there have been a flood of new retaliation claims by disgruntled workers. In 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 charges of discrimination. What was incredible is that 36% of these accusations … [Read more...]

Cost-Effective and Time Saving Solutions for Your Human Resources Headaches

Positive HR Management Solutions

Many growing businesses owners have found that they can solve human resources headaches and obtain the best in EPLI coverage, benefits administration and payroll processing through a connection with a PEO that provides human resources outsourcing. An excellent alternative choice for any small to mid-sized business from a growing incorporated business to a small home business owner is to partner with a … [Read more...]

Four Proactive Strategies to Adopt to Improve the Effectiveness of Human Resources in 2011

Proactive Strategies for Human Resources in 2011

With a couple of months behind us, it is time to look ahead to the balance of this year. Total HR will use 2011 as the year we make positive breakthroughs in HR. To that end, here are four strategies to implement that will empower both the HR functions of our team and the organizations of our clients. 1.  Let’s stop using “human capital” to describe people.  Let’s start putting the “human” back in … [Read more...]

A Review of Key Legal and Policy Changes For Human Resources Professionals In 2010

Total HR Explains Key 2010 Legal Updates

2010 was a challenging year for Human Resources. It might best be characterized as "doing more with less." As companies continued to ride out the recession, mass layoffs shifted into lasting and high unemployment rates. Companies that managed to do well still lacked the confidence to rehire workers or expand. Through it all, Total HR was on the front lines, often assigned the task of breaking bad news such as … [Read more...]

Effective Human Resources Practices And Administration Increase Employee Productivity

Human Resources Outrsourcing Connection: Productivity & Profitability

It has been shown that HR practices have significant impact on employee productivity. Multiple dimensions of operational performance such as machine efficiency and customer alignment have been quantitatively examined in the past. Positive and significant effects on employee productivity have been demonstrated for organizations that utilize more sophisticated human resource planning, recruitment and selection … [Read more...]