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Employee Layoffs

Layoff guides, reports, laws and tools

Updated Trade Adjustment Assistance - US DOL [28084] ?

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program is a federal program that provides a path for employment

Hiring Practices

Hiring and recruiting techniques and tools

Updated Hiring Practices and Safety [33863] ?

Proactive loss control measures in hiring

Updated Legal Hiring Considerations [25418] ?

An employer reference for fair and legal hiring practices

Labor Laws

Labor laws and technical reference materials from the US DOL

Updated Blog: Workplace Prof [19578] ?

Covers US labor law developments and court rulings

Managing Volunteers

Volunteer management sample policies, contracts and tools

Updated Sample Volunteer Application Form [19612] ?

Includes a volunteer agreement and authorization statement signed by the applicant

Updated Volunteer Risk Management Tutorial [25283] ?

Online tutorial for volunteer organizations

Performance Reviews

Employee workplace performance

Updated Sample Supervisory Skills Development Plan [25973] ?

This sample is for an executive director who's struggling with supervisory skills

Staff Motivation

Motivation and training techniques

Updated Basics About Employee Motivation [26615] ?

Clearing Up Common Myths About Employee Motivation

Updated General Principles for Classroom Motivation [2354] ?

Discusses motivational strategies and aspects of motivating students

Telework Programs

Telecommuting policies, training programs, and tools

New Sample Alternate Workplace Safety Checklist [pdf] [39995] ?

The following checklist is designed to assess the overall safety of the alternate work location

Training Skills

Tools and resources on corporate training and development

Updated Difficult Behaviors in the Classroom [2355] ?

Describes each undesirable behavior and possible responses to that behavior

Updated Icebreakers for the First Day [2346] ?

Guides instructors in icebreakers and creating a successful learning environment

Updated Learning Style Inventory [2347] ?

Answer questions to determine if primarily a visual, auditory or tactile learner

Updated Question Types Based on Bloom's Taxonomy [2349] ?

Encourages the asking of higher level questions than only knowledge-based questions

Updated Questioning [2350] ?

Gives guidance to instructors in effective techniques for asking and answering questions

Updated Questioning - Effective Techniques [2351] ?

Discusses techniques to create the most productive types of questions

Updated Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace [18645] ?

How to help the individual create their own learning plan

Updated Six Ways to Improve Your Nonverbal Communications [2348] ?

Offers advice in enhancing nonverbal communication skills

Updated Teaching Tips [2345] ?

Guidance on the principles of adult learning

Updated The Teacher as an Organizer [2352] ?

Discusses teaching and the characteristics of the teacher as an organizer






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