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Tips for Your Safety While Traveling - HRProfessionalsMagazine
By Doug Elms Travel is an important part of business, even with all the technological advancements today. Most of us have travel routines that help make traveling more enjoyable. We have our favorite airline, hotel chain, and restaurants at each stop. Although we have our routines for traveling, it is important to incorporate health and safety elements to prepare for worst-case scenarios during travel. Many people plan for the travel but forget to plan for the what-ifs.
End the Madness (Editorial)
On Jan. 31, the Wall Street Journal editorial board thought it needed to be explicit with its readers: The Taylor Swift “psyop” is an insane conspiracy theory. The theory goes something like this: Singer Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce, the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, is fake. The Super Bowl will be rigged so the Chiefs win. The celebrity couple will announce their engagement, and Swift, acting in her role as a Pentagon “asset,” will then endorse President Joe Biden.
Panel to Discuss Jonesboro's Black Business District
As part of Black History Month, the Arkansas State University Museum will host an interactive panel discussion on Friday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. about the once-thriving Black business district of Jonesboro. The event is free and open to the public. It will examine more than 50 successful businesses that were located in Jonesboro from the late 1800s until the mid-1960s, when segregation laws in Arkansas separated the races.
Small Business Acquisitions Leveled Off in 2023 as Interest Rates Climbed, but 2024 Looks Better
NEW YORK (AP) — Is it a good time to sell your small business — or maybe buy one? Small business acquisitions were up and down in 2023, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market. But a strong fourth quarter, helped by a signal from the Federal Reserve that it was done raising interest rates, could bode well for 2024.
US Labor Official Says Dartmouth Basketball Players are School Employees, Sets Stage for Union Vote
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes. All 15 members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team signed a petition in September asking to join Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union, which already represents some other employees at the Ivy League school in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Springdale Attorney Awarded $1.5M in Hearse-Chasing Case
Attorney Jason M. Hatfield of Springdale recently received a $1.5 million award in a case tied to allegations of a scheme in which “runners” who were not lawyers handed out business cards at funerals to recruit plaintiffs for wrongful death suits. Hatfield’s legal victory in the Probate Division of Washington County Circuit Court involves complex issues that are also being litigated in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
Predicting & Preventing Violence in Your Business (Doug Elms Commentary)
She hung up the phone, crying. He’d threatened her again and this time he sounded serious. If she didn’t meet him for lunch, he said, he’d come into the building with a gun. Her co-worker noticed the tears and could see the fear in her friend’s eyes. Some version of this scenario may be playing itself out in your business today. The rate at which intimate partner violence affects women across this country (1 in 3 in their lifetime) means it almost certainly will at some point.
Officer Down – How Getting Shot Became One of the Best Things That Ever Happened to Me, and Maybe to You - HRProfessionalsMagazine
By Doug Elms It was a summer evening, and I was working an off-duty gig near downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, at a time when it was known as “The Most Dangerous Small City in America.” The shift had been fairly quiet, and I hoped to end it without incident. Suddenly, the evening air was pierced by a gunshot. It sounded like it was a couple of blocks away, so I started sprinting in that direction. As I got closer, I could hear shouting and screaming coming from the front of a hotel.
Troublesome Terms – Top 10 Practical Steps to Safe Terminations - HRProfessionalsMagazine
By Doug Elms, Founder, Safehaven Security “Five Killed During Disciplinary Meeting.” We have all seen the headlines. Potential violence is an existential problem and HR is on the frontline at work. While we can’t make it all go away, we can offer the top ten practical steps you can take to keep yourself and your people safe when confronted with a dangerous termination. 1.
Point of view from Bass Coast
The council must rein in over-development that threatens what remains of Phillip Island’s precious natural environment, argue Lorna and Doug Elms. By Lorna and Doug Elms IN THE 1840s the first European settlers cleared Phillip Island for grazing by burning the vegetation. There are varying reports of the burning, one of which indicates that the fire destroyed all vegetation and wildlife on the Island.
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