Go Beyond Exiting Employees with Offboarding
Most employers have a process for exiting employees when they leave the organization. However, what about offboarding? When an employee makes their impending departure known, an employer should embrace it as an opportunity rather than an obligation. Especially in today’s digital world, employers should go beyond exiting employees with offboarding. […]
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Ensure Student, Faculty and Visitor Safety with School Security Enhancements
With fall soon approaching, U.S. school district officials all over the country can’t help but reflect on their school’s readiness to keep students safe throughout the upcoming academic year. As past active shooter incidents have shown, there is much need for safety improvements. To address the concerns of teachers, staff, […]
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How to Prevent Workplace Discrimination
The advent of the #metoo movement has put sexual harassment in the forefront of workplace discrimination. However, sexual harassment is only one type of workplace discrimination that can destroy company culture and result in costly lawsuits. The key is to be mindful of all types of workplace discrimination, not just […]
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How to Spot and Stop a Bad Manager Before It’s Too Late
Ever heard the term “Fish rots from the head”? This is a simple saying that has a powerful meaning when applied to a failing organization. Basically, it means the cause of failure comes from bad management or the “heads” of the organization. Once the head starts to “rot” efforts to […]
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A Guide to Determining When a Business Should Hire Additional Security
As recent incidents have shown in Illinois, Maryland, and California, workplace violence is an unfortunate reality that seems to be on the rise in today’s business world. In fact, according to SHRM, 1 in 7 American workers do not feel safe in the workplace. However, being aware of workplace violence […]
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Suspect Your Elderly Loved One is Being Financially Abused?
Elder abuse is something no one wants to admit happens, but it is increasing in frequency and it’s up to the younger generation to stop it. In a previous blog, we discussed the three types of abuse our aging loved ones are targets for: physical, psychological and financial. For our […]
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Does Your Organization Really Want to Require Noncompete Agreements?
More and more employers are requiring their workforce to sign legally binding agreements that prevent workers from leaving the company and going to work for competitors. These types of agreements are called noncompete agreements. However, employers that require employees to sign noncompete agreements should take a moment to consider the […]
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How Employers Can Handle Vaping at Work
Smoking bans have been in place for decades. This has given way to alternative methods for ingesting nicotine. One of the most popular methods of late is in the form of vapor via electronic cigarettes. However, as vaping in the workplace becomes more mainstream, non-vapors are taking notice and signaling […]
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Local Businesses Take School Security into Their Own Hands
Frustrated, angry and faced with aging school buildings, three failed school levies and a lack of state funds, local businesses in a rural township in Northern Ohio are determined to make their schools more secure and protect their students. More than fifteen businesses in the rural Crestwood School District have […]
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Ramping Up Procedures to Identify Suspect Mail and Packages
During the holidays – from mid November to Christmas Eve – FedEx delivers about 400 million packages and UPS delivers about 700 million packages. The events of this past October proved that the mail is still a method used by terrorists to deliver bombs to unwitting victims. The reality of […]
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Will Streaming Video Cameras be on a Police Officer Near You?
As you are probably aware, 52,000+ police officers are already wearing body cameras, especially in large urban areas. However, there’s now a 2.0 version of this product that allows officers to send real-time video back to the police station. It’s equipped with a built-in antenna and triggers the camera to […]
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How to Ensure House of Worship Security Over the Holidays
The holidays are a time to gather together and count our many blessings. However, for some it could be the perfect time to take advantage of a public place of worship and inflict terror and harm on a mass scale. It’s important to note that no religion is exempt from […]
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