Have you seen our latest list of Training and Development Courses being offered in November? We invite you to learn more about all of our Training Courses led by Director, Heather Trotta.

Click HERE to learn more and to view our December Calendar or contact Heather directly at: 203-322-0538 or Training@OperationsInc.com

A recent time clock survey revealed that employees in Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S., admit to engaging in behavior to receive more pay for time not worked from their employers. Around the world, use of time clocks is pervasive. Among employed adults, the US was among one of the highest with 77 percent of employed adults saying that they currently use or have in the past used a time clock to clock in and out of work. 33% of people polled in the U.S. admitted to engaging in one or more of the following behaviors so to receive more pay:

• clocking in earlier or out later than scheduled
• having someone else clock them in or out
• neglecting to clock out for lunch or breaks
• adding time to timesheets
• other activity along these lines

A recent survey revealed that One-in-five (20 percent) employers reported they are actively recruiting U.S. veterans to work for their organizations over the next 12 months; 14 percent are actively recruiting members of the National Guard. More than one-third of employers plan to hire for Information Technology positions, which topped the list of hot areas for hiring U.S. veterans:

1. Information Technology - 36 percent
2. Customer Service - 28 percent
3. Engineering - 25 percent
4. Sales - 22 percent

Because we want to best serve our readers, we feature a segment of our Newsletter where you can submit questions directly to our OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a question related to the management of the Human Resources function? Email it along to enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones will make it into a future newsletter, along with the answer... and those that don't get published will still receive a response.

This week's question:
-How involved should HR be with organizational development and/or strategic planning?

--- HR Manager, Public Services

Answer:
Speaking from extreme bias HR should be in all phases of organizational development (OD) and should have a voice in all discussions around strategic planning. OD is HRs turf. Strategic planning almost always involves resources in the form of employees and as such needs input from HR to be optimally effective.

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- Thomas Edison

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