The following articles were written as the "monthly HR expert column" for The Capital Region Business Journal, a monthly publication for executives and business owners published by The Wisconsin State Journal newspaper.

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2011 Compensation Planning

The second half of each calendar year is when most employers plan their compensation adjustments for the next year. It is important to distinguish between what employers adjust their compensation plans by and actual budgets for merit/wage/salary increased.
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Featured Articles (as seen in Capital Region Business Journal - A monthly publication of the Wisconsin State Journal)

June 2010 - Appropriate Responses to Workplace Bullying (part II) and Proposed "Healthy Workplace" Legislation (Assembly Bill 894)

May 2010 - Appropriate Responses to Workplace Bullying (part I) and Proposed "Healthy Workplace" Legislation (Assembly Bill 894)

March 2010 - HR News - Facts and Figures

February 2010 - Part II, Leaders Promoted "Ahead of the Their Time": How To Help New Supervisors and Managers Succeed In Their New Roles 

January 2010 -  Part I, Leaders Promoted "Ahead of the Their Time": How To Help New Supervisors and Managers Succeed In Their New Roles

January 2010 - Handle With Care - Stereotyping Caregivers Can Lead to Discrimination

October 2009 - Don’t Create Additional Protected Groups

August 2009 - Promoting Greater Accountability in Your Organization

May 2009 - Differences Between a Furlough, Layoff and Reduction-in-Force

January 2009 - To "Lay Off" or Not: Alternative Cost-Reduction Strategies

June 2008 - Pay, benefits, incentives important to employees

May 2008 - Bridging the Gap: Getting four generations to use their skills as a team

April 2008 - Listen up! Your employees want you to hear this

March 2008 - How to hire (or fire) an employee

February 2008 - The top 10 HR mistakes ... and how to avoid them

January 2008 - Health insurance must be available to departing help

(additional articles can be found at www.madison.com/crbj)