American Chamber of Commerce Resources is committed to providing you with tools that make your job easier. The HR Update is a bonus to purchasing our human resources manuals and is designed to keep you in the know throughout the year, so you have the tools you need to make the tough decisions - all year long.
Delivered every Thursday, the HR Update newsletter will connect you with updates and legal changes, employee management tips, suggestions on how to improve your bottom line, helpful products and services, and much more!
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"I am inundated with resources every day via email that could potentially provide me assistance with a human resources related matter but ACCR’s HR Update has an uncanny way of touching on the most critical and timely issues that I am actually dealing with at the time. Our managers were just recently having a discussion on social media and some of the problems that came along with it and your article on the topic gave us some concise working points and the article touched on some areas that we had not considered."
- C. Brian Bacon, PHR, Corporate Relations Director
David A. Nice Builders, Inc.
Below is a sample newsletter for your reference.
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HR Update
An inside look at an I-9 audit
Since the beginning of July, 652 companies have been issued I-9 audit notices by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Our partners at Ogletree Deakins have put together an article called “Anatomy of an I-9 Audit”. Find out who gets audited, how the audit gets started, what to do if you receive a notice, and more! Click here for the article.
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Explore the benefits of a results-driven workplace
In June 2007, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) ran an article by Frank Jossi in their HR Magazine called “Clocking Out: Best Buy’s novel come-and-go-as-you-please work style is pleasing employees and catching on elsewhere”. The article describes how Best Buy learned to focus less on “line-of-sight management” and more on the results of the employees work. By creating a more independent workplace, worker productivity increased 35% and voluntary turnover dropped 52%.
Best Buy made a bold move to give their employees more freedom that might not work for your company. However, there are a lot of lessons that can be applied on a smaller scale. Find out more by reading the article here.
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That’s what she said!
Our partners at Ford & Harrison have put together a great blog called “That’s What She Said!” that uses the popular TV series “The Office” to discuss HR issues. Each week, attorney-blogger Troy Foster recaps the show and uses it to show you the HR pitfalls and what it would cost the company if litigation were to occur. Talk about a great excuse to watch TV at work!
Read “That’s What She Said!” by clicking here.
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Thank goodness it’s… Thursday?
What if you could cut costs, help the environment, and aid public health? And get a three-day weekend every week as part of the deal? It sounds like a dream, but according to an article in Scientific American, it is a reality. A bold solution like this might not fit your company, but it’s at least worth the investigation!
Click here to read “Should Thursday Be the New Friday? The Environmental and Economic Pluses of the 4-Day Workweek” by Lynne Peeples.
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Which are the top states for business?
According to CNBC’s recently released rankings, Virginia is the best place to be in business, just barely edging out Texas. There were ten categories ranked in the study: cost of doing business, workforce, quality of life, economy, transportation, technology and innovation, education, business friendliness, access to capital, and cost of living. Find out where your state stacked up. Click here to check out the rankings.
To read the article accompanying the rankings, click here.
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