November 2005 

HR MAGAZINE · November 2005
Vol. 50, No. 11
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
Personality Counts. Personality tests haven’t changed much, but the way companies are using them has changed drastically.
Eric Krell

HR TECHNOLOGY
Safeguarding HR Information. Take care in safeguarding your company’s HR information. Failure to do so could cost you—and your employees—plenty.
Dan Caterinicchia

PROFILE
Keeping Her Balance. Audrey Boone Tillman brings legal skills and an appreciation for work/life balance to her position as head of HR for Aflac.
Ann Pomeroy

COMPENSATION
Good News for All, Great News for Some. Employers show the money to HR professionals who deal with employee health and engagement.
Joe Vocino

BENEFITS
Orderly Departures. Even if there are no downsizings in view, make sure your firm’s severance policies are current and nondiscriminatory.
Betty Sosnin

HR AGENDA: COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Help Is at Hand. Employee aid funds are giving more employees a chance to get their lives back on track after a financial setback.
Roseanne White Geisel

HR AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT & STAFFING
Truth in Recruitment Branding. When it comes to selling your business to potential hires, honesty really is the best policy. Carolyn Brandon

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS (Members Only)

From the President: It’s the Culture, Stupid! The organizational cultures that HR professionals help to cultivate are key to ethical conduct in workplaces. Susan Meisinger
From the Editors. Personality testing; protecting employee data; severance policies. Adrienne Fox; Desda Moss; Terence F. Shea
HR Solutions: Intermittent FMLA Leave, Recertification, PTO Banks. Kelly Clyatt, Liz Petersen and Lisa Orndorff
Management Tools: Running Late. Managing chronically late employees will boost productivity for everyone. Diana DeLonzor
Legal Trends: Risky Business. Learn how to set effective job safety standards while minimizing the risk of disability discrimination. Laura M. Franze and M. Brett Burns
Future Focus: Disaster Readiness. Plans for coping with calamities should incorporate workforce demographics. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Leaders improve communication skills; mergers can have long-term effects on executive turnover; more.
HR Technology. A well-planned, well-built intranet can deliver value to employees and employers.
Court Report. Termination of LTD benefits triggers notice requirement; denial of lunch in stockroom leads to ADA trial; more.
Books in Brief. Forced Ranking; more.
What's New. Change management tool; benefits benchmarking software; anger management program; more.

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