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The “Faith-Based and Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Checklist” provides guidance for religious organizations, social service agencies that are faith

Planning for pandemic influenza is critical.

Health care providers will play a crucial role in the event of a pandemic. Planning for pandemic influenza is key.

Local educational agencies (LEAs) play an integral role in protecting the health and safety of their district's staff, students and their families.

Each year emergencies take their toll on businesses, both on the lives of employees and on the bottom line. Advance planning, however, can significantly reduce injuries and damages and can allow the business to resume normal operations more quickly.

 Whether your organization is in the public or private sector, today's headlines make it clear that HR must make worst case crisis planning a priority.

Crisis planning anticipates emergency situations, such as on-site fire or explosions, earthquakes, weather emergencies, or workplace homicides that may leave workers traumatized.

Each year emergencies take their toll on businesses, both on the lives of employees and on the bottom line. Advance planning, however, can significantly reduce injuries and damages and can allow the business to resume normal operations more quickly.

Planning is the best step prior to a crisis. But what if there is no plan? What should management do in the event of a crisis? Here are basic guidelines to assist managers in handling a crisis in the workplace.

In today's business community, disaster preparedness is overwhelmingly important and popular.

Most often, it is the immediate supervisor or manager who is called upon to conduct the performance appraisal meeting.

A workplace violence policy should include an effort to mitigate violence along with a definition of the various elements of workplace violence and a strategy o

Hewitt Associates has devised a list of 10 tips to help companies develop an effective benefits communication plan that encourages employee involvement in elect

Some state and local jurisdictions have specifically indicated that they consider AIDS to be a protected disability.

Each agency must keep a complete and accurate record of all authorized leave that is approved (Sec. 110.219).

Criminal penalties.— Employers or their agents who threaten any person summoned for jury service in Florida with dismissal from employment for any cause, becaus

Employment.— Contact the Equal Opportunity Commission, Internatinoal Tower, Suite 710, 229 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303-1605.

Penalties.— In addition to the affirmative action, the commission may access civil penalties against the person (Sec. 44-1019, as amended by Ch. 5 (S. 15), L.

The Department of Labor may assess civil penalties of up to $200 for each violation of the victims' leave law, if notice of the violation was given to the emplo