August was a good month as far as layoffs go.  For the first time since December 2008 there was a week without a layoff, which is cause for some celebration.  Although this is good news, the August numbers were still worse than predicted, and unemployment is still at record levels. There were a total of 58 Lawyers and 68 Staff that were laid off in the month of August, however, even this was much less than the months previous to that.  For example, in July 229 Lawyers and 375 Staff were lai

This is not an easy task but, for the sake of the firm and esprit de corps of the workplace, you should replace a poor performer with an effective one. Or, if the manager dismissed him for gross misconduct, then you must give the problem individual a final written notice, and separate him the next time he crosses the line

Looking closer at monthly numbers released by the Department of Labor, one IT careers analyst firm believes things are headed in the right direction. Even with some up and down movement in technology jobs’ numbers, Foote Partners sees a better fourth quarter for IT jobs than the general jobs data suggests

Always respect the jobholder and try not show favoritism. Sacking a worker is a difficult task that no one enjoys having to do. By using a condescending tone with a jobholder, a human resource person or small company owner runs the risk of alienating the jobholder and doing more damage than good.