September 2007 

HR MAGAZINE · September 2007
Vol. 52, No. 9
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
China: Land of Opportunity And Challenge. HR professionals must keep leadership development and career growth at hyper speed in China.
Adrienne Fox

WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY
The Future Is Now. Workplace flexibility and high technology permit more than 3,000 employees to work anywhere, anytime, through Capital One’s Future of Work program.
Ann Pomeroy

EMPLOYMENT LAW
Weapons Policies Under Fire. Should workers be guaranteed the right to keep legally owned firearms in their vehicles parked on employers’ premises?
Robert J. Grossman

EMPLOYMENT LAW
Full Disclosure. If you find an employee’s name on a sex-offender registry, what next?
Diane Cadrain

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
All in the Family. Human resources can help ensure that businesses allowing nepotism establish policies and practices that are fair to all employees.
Lin Grensing-Pophal

HR AGENDA: TRAINING
Supporting Ethical Employees. The right training can provide employees with an ethical framework on which to base their decisions.
Jean Thilmany

HR AGENDA: COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Helping Workers Kick the Habit. Smoking-cessation programs can pay off in reduced costs for serious illnesses years later.
Pamela Babcock



COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS(Members Only)

From the President: Pay-for-Performance Plans Should Be Fair and Clear. Employees expected to perform for their pay are increasingly asking that the same standard be applied to executives. Susan Meisinger
HR Solutions: Minimum Wage, Record Retention, Major Change. Shari Lau, John Sweeney and Regan Halvorsen
Management Tools: Thinking Outside the Team . Most team leaders focus on building internal dynamics, but a team’s success has more to do with external factors. Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman
Legal Trends: Weather the Storm of 401(k) Lawsuits. The current wave of lawsuits over 401(k) fees should prompt a re-evaluation. Gregory L. Ash
Future Focus: Internet Connections. E-recruiting technology will reshape practices in finding top candidates. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Sarbanes-Oxley costs; executive training; management and IPOs; more.
From Readers. Sensitivity to diversity; the power of public speaking.
HR Technology. Organizations with mobile workers rely on mobile learning solutions that deliver lessons anytime, anywhere.
Court Report. Minimum Workday Upheld...
Books in Brief. Hire With Your Head, Beyond HR, Hiring Success and Human Factors in Project Management.
What's New. Financial planning brochures; employee reward and recognition tool; web conference software tool; more.

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