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HR Southwest Part 2: Most Of What You Fear Never Happens

by Lance Haun on October 29, 2009

Editor’s Note – Today’s post is brought to you courtesy of Dustin Henderson, co-founder of MeritBuilder. Dustin went to HR Southwest conference last week to cover the show for us. You can follow him on Twitter. Thanks!
HR Southwest (the 2nd biggest HR show in the US) is over. I thought I would take a few [...]

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I fought the law and the law won

by Lance Haun on August 3, 2006

While many of the HR people I know in the field are very principled people but one thing where that changes is in regards to the law, specifically employment law. Litigation avoidance is one of the main assumptions most people in my field make about their employers. And not to get too political on you [...]

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Working with lawyers

by Lance Haun on June 4, 2006

I never thought I would ever have a job where I would have a lawyer’s cell phone number for professional assistance. I guess I should change that and say “not so soon.” With litigation laws like they are and penalties for out-of-compliance employers on a broad range of issues, a lawyer has become as [...]

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