Staff Management

10.23.00    Outplacement Services -- Defunct Dot-Com Style
How some out-of-business Net companies try to help their laid-off workers

9.20.00    Benefit Benchmarks
Ever wonder what makes up a "typical" small-business package? Take a look

8.31.00    A Major Compromise over the Minimum Wage?
In exchange for a $1-an-hour lift, the House GOP leadership is offering tax breaks for small business

8.25.00    Forging Startups in a "Foundry" - Lickety-Split
Former AMD No. 2 S. Atiq Raza says his superincubator streamlines the way new companies get up and running

8.8.00    Salaries Go Sky-High
Defectors from large companies are getting small outfits to meet their lofty demands

8.7.00    A Day's Pay for a Day's Work?
Temp service Labor Ready is being sued for charging workers for cashing daily paychecks

7.28.00    A Buddy System for Disciplinary Meetings
Nonunion employees now have the right to take a colleague with them

7.3.00    Here Comes Paid Parental Leave
What workers cheer, some employers may fear. Still, many states with flush unemployment funds are giving it serious thought

6.30.00    Pension Plans for Small Business
A comparison of major retirement options and their key features, compiled by the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

6.22.00    Married to the Business
Many couples can't handle the pressures of partnership. This pair has learned how to finesse the stress

6.21.00    Premium Pain Relief
By banding together in association health plans, small businesses can cut costs down to size

6.6.00    How It Can Pay to Teach
A new study finds that employees value training that focuses on the basics

6.2.00    Fight Back Against Rising Health-Care Costs
Regional and trade groups wield more clout in price negotiations

5.18.00    An Overhaul of the Overtime System is Long Overdue
Old rules haven't kept up as the New Economy blurs the lines between manager and employee

5.16.00    Summer Interns for Small Business
Labor crunch? Get a helping hand in return for training disadvantaged students

5.8.00    Foreign Aid
Hiring abroad can ease your labor woes—if you can handle a bewildering bureaucracy. Here's how

4.25.00    How to Hook an MBA — Right Out of B-School
Tips for fitting a small business' needs into the B-school placement ritual: A Q&A

4.14.00    Will Congress Ease the Shortage of Work Visas?
Pressure mounts to make more available, but perhaps only for big companies

3.20.00    What Makes Employees Want to Stick Around?
It isn't always money. Sometimes, a kind word is all anyone needs

3.20.00    Telecommuting: A Legal Primer
Out of sight shouldn't mean out of mind when it comes to liability

3.3.00    OSHA Won't Come Knockin' on the Home-Office Door
The agency formally abandons efforts to hold employers responsible for worker safety at home

2.25.00    It's Your Problem Too
Anxiety, depression, and addiction among your staff can cost you plenty. Here's how to cope

2.18.00    When Mental Disorder Strikes Your Staff
A little empathy is good for the employee, and your business

12.23.99    Supposedly, MBAs Are Dying to Work for Startups
So how come it's so hard for entrepreneurs to hire them?

10.12.99    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Headhunters can be costly, but in the war for talent, they are an invaluable weapon

10.1.99    The Gen-X Paradox: Let Go and They'll Stick Around
A Q&A with author Bruce Tulgan on managing younger workers

1.14.99    Take This Job, and Love It
Headhunter Gary Knisely talks about luring — and keeping — key staff in a tough market

10.21.98    Keeping Peace on the Floor
Our strong anti-sexual-harassment policies work, but we still have to wrestle with plenty of ambiguity

9.22.98    "You Have the Right to Be Fired"
Setting terms clearly at the outset can avert employee lawsuits

6.10.98    Outsourcing: Check This Checklist First


5.25.98    Recruiting: Help Wanted — Desperately
How little companies manage to reel in the big talent

3.19.98    When Temps Are Harassed


12.8.97    What To Do before You Say 'You're Outta Here'
A few crucial procedures can help lower the legal risks in firing an employee

11.17.97    Outsourcing: You Do the Work, They Do the Paperwork


10.13.97    Harassment: Avoiding a Time Bomb


9.1.97    The Puzzle of Who Is a "Contractor"


6.9.97    Would You Hire This Person Again?