Gruntled Employees
"Managers, executives, in-house counsel, and HR people know all about disgruntled employees. They cost employers billions of dollars each year in lawsuits, attorney fees, lost productivity, and wasted time. Here we discuss how to keep employees gruntled. We also talk about dealing with your lawyers."
Author: Jay Shepherd is the CEO of Shepherd, an employment law firm in Boston.
Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • Work/Life Balance • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Gruntled Employees
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Five Steps to Killing the Billable Hour
The American Bar Association's ABA Journal once again adds to the conversation about the battle against the billable hour. The always-excellent David Gialanella examines "The Skinny on Flat Fees" in the July issue of the…
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Retaliation: now without pesky filing deadlines!
Imagine getting sued by an employee who was fired nearly four years ago. Following a recent Supreme Court decision, lawsuits from forgotten former employees will now become much more common. And more expensive. In CBOCS…
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This film contains depictions of legalese
I'm watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals — which didn't start until 9 p.m. EDT and won't end until before everyone on the East Coast goes to sleep — and since I'm watching it…
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Managing change
I hate change. No, not that kind of change. I really like "change" change. I want to be a change agent. My favorite song is Bowie's "Changes." Favorite movie: A Change of Seasons. And I'm…
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Massachusetts: closed for business
States spend skitillions of dollars (a skitillion is one followed by a wad of zeroes, or ten to the wad) on catchy slogans and jingles to lure gullible businesses to open plants and offices there.…
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Of sticker shock and empathy
I'll never forget the stickers from the night before my wedding. On the other hand, my brother Bill probably can't remember them. Because of the fumes. Let me explain: Just before the wedding, my bride-to-be…
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Hourly billing across the pond
The war on hourly billing is being waged worldwide. Last week we talked about the battle in this country ("The billable beast of burden" and "The fool or the fool who follows him") and in…
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Taking a dip in the talent pool
Human Resources is a term that no one likes. The best you can say about it is that it's a mild improvement over the sterile Personnel. In 1989, the the American Society for Personnel Administration…
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Watch your wiki
Managers and HR professionals have to pay attention to their employees. It's right there in the job description. Monitoring work, evaluating performance, tracking compliance. Sometimes, for various reasons, they have to pay attention to other…
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No hourly billing, eh?
The Great Billable Hour Debate of '08 is playing out north of the border, too. Maclean's magazine is the Canadian equivalent of TIME or Newsweek, with nearly three million readers every week. In the current…