Employment Relations Today articles from June 1995

Employment Relations Today archives from June 1995

Electronic and voice mail monitoring of employees: a practical approach. (includes appendices)
June 22, 1995... The world of work has undergone a significant change in the last decade. New technology has dramatically altered not only how employees work, but also how they can be monitored while they work. With expanded electronic mail and voice mail usage...

Flexible work arrangements: from accommodation to strategy.
June 22, 1995... More than 20 years ago the first alternative to the nine-to-five, five-day workweek was imported into the United States from its countries of origin, Germany and Switzerland. Flextime - an arrangement that allows employees to have some choice...

A new employer-employee contract?
June 22, 1995... Today's companies face unprecedented challenges. The United States, one time the dominant economy in the international marketplace, is now struggling to remain competitive in the new global business environment. It was not always so. The...

Reassessing affirmative action: today's basic issues and questions.
June 22, 1995... The topic of affirmative action (AA) has always been somewhat controversial. Recently, however, the debate over AA policies and programs has intensified dramatically. The media are currently devoting extensive coverage to AA issues and alleged...

Team-based compensation at recently reengineered Zeneca Ag Products.
June 22, 1995... Zeneca Ag Products is in the third year of its major reengineering project. Although the organization continues to undergo a dramatic transformation as a result of these efforts, the groundwork for structural changes was established several...

Creating a successful drug-free workplace program.
June 22, 1995... In 1989, Dick and Joy Hawley, the owners of a 350-employee boat manufacturing company in Bellingham, Washington, received a startling wake-up call about activities taking place in their company. After an employee, whom they would never have...

A comparison of seven national temporary and staffing agencies.
June 22, 1995... Just as the industrial revolution changed the very fabric of our society, the technological explosion is transforming the U.S. workplace. The old social contract between the employer and the employee is dissolving. No longer does the worker...

Employee motivation: addressing a crucial factor in your organization's performance.
June 22, 1995... In a study that asked 1,000 employees to rank ten possible rewards, "interesting work" was preferred in the majority of cases. One might assume then that all that is necessary is to make all work in industry interesting, and we will have happy,...

EEOC disability guidance, charge priority system, and ADR program; new OFCCP reporting form proposal. (alternative dispute resolution; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs)
June 22, 1995... EEOC DEFINES "DISABILITY" UNDER THE ADA The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has attempted to clarify important questions under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). On March 14, the EEOC promulgated a new Section 902 for...

Immunity for employment references.
June 22, 1995... Litigation of employment disputes continues to be on the rise. As many as one-fourth of all cases filed in some federal courts involve employment disputes. Although the bulk of federal court litigation is based primarily on the...

Accommodating mental disabilities under the ADA: limitations on employer liability. (Americans with Disabilities Act)
June 22, 1995... A dyslexic secretary? A stressed-out armed security guard? Federal courts are now beginning to define what obligations employers have to employees with these and similar mental disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act's intent to...