| Greetings, Website Visitor. Here is your personal newsletter for September 12, 2008. |
| Franchot & Associates Announcements |
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| Alert: Promise in Handbook Binds Employer |
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A promise to employees in an employee handbook might be enforced like a contract even when the handbook has a non-contract disclaimer. That's the reminder all employers need to take from a recent U.S. Appeals Court decision involving a handbook's offer of Family & Medical Leave Act leave to an employee who didn't qualify for it under that law. For details on how an unintended promise in your employee handbook may be like an employment contract promise in your state, click "Full Article." |
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| Taxpayer Trends in IRS Statistics |
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Interesting new trends about individual and business taxpayers have been revealed in statistics released by the IRS this year. Click "Full Article" to see what has changed, and check out a chart revealing what the average taxpayer deductions are for medical deductions, interest, charitable contributions and state/local taxes. |
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| Quit-Smoking Awards to Employees Don’t Work |
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Pay or bribe employees with awards to get them to stop smoking. That's what many employer-sponsored smoking-cessation programs do. But there's one problem: Having quit-smoking contests, giving employees awards for participating in quit-smoking programs, and in other ways "bribing" employees to stop smoking...just don't work. This is the conclusion from a review of 17 stop-smoking studies. For details on the findings, click "Full Article." |
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| CURRENT FEATURED SEARCHES |
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We are pleased and honored to be continually retained by great organizations looking to enhance their leadership staff. If your organization has a talent need and the fit within your culture is important or, if you are in the planning stages and would like our management counsel, please call us at 952-253-0080.
To be considered for these or other searches now or in the future, please submit your resume to peggy@franchotassociates.com
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Vital St. Paul agency with exciting plans.
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Click "Full Article" for ideal candidate information on each role... |
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| John Edwards Scandal Raises Question for Employers |
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How does the John Edwards adultery raise a question for employers? Some critics question the Edwards' campaign making payments to Edwards' mistress on the grounds that the female in the extra-marital affair might be a family member under Federal Election Commission rules. And for employers, the publicizing of this issue raises this question: How do you define family member for purposes of several of your workp
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| Cut Wasted Time on Resumes |
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The pile of resumes and applications keeps growing because you dread the chore of reading them. That means you continue putting off filling that job opening. Click "Full Article" for the minute manager's guide to whisking through those files in no time.
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| Screening Resumes and Poor Attendance: What to Do? |
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Can you fire someone for poor attendance? What is the most important factor when screening resumes from applicants? These are two questions dealing with an employee you may want to hire and one you may want to terminate. Click "Full Article" for the two answers.
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