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Articles in March, 2005 issue of HR Magazine

• 'I can't make it to work today, boss … gotta round up my ostriches.' Employees call in 'sick' with livestock problems, wardrobe worries
  by Kathy Gurchiek
• Lost Knowledge
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Just wondering
  by Marcia Burke
• FTC issues final rules on CAN-SPAM
  by Bill Leonard
• Workplace management
• In the path of trailblazers: as outsourcing contracts come up for renewal, ponder these lessons learned from the pioneers who blazed the HR BPO trail
  by Ann Pomeroy
• Staffing
• Climbing the corporate ladder—or not
• Where there is smoke, there are terminations: smokers fired to save health costs
  by Steve Bates
• 'Willful' violation defined under FMLA
  by Paul Flannigan
• 2005 SHRM board of directors
• Training and development
• Evaluating returns on expatriates: though difficult to ascertain, measuring the return on the cost of expatriate assignments is necessary to justify the expensive investment
  by Eric Krell
• PeopleScout Inc
• Pay raises low—again
• Survey: exodus follows an improving economy
  by Kathy Gurchiek
• Employment conference ranges widely
  by Beth McConnell
• Majorium Inc
• Resume Mirror Inc
• HR not appreciated on Wall Street
  by Charles J. Alaimo
• Specialized HR for IT organizations: to effectively manage IT staffs, employers turn to HR professionals who focus only on IT's HR needs
  by Maria Schafer
• The Mentoring Advantage
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Employment & staffing buyers' guide
• Diving in: neglecting to help new executives get into the swim of things quickly can incur enormous organizational costs
  by Susan J. Wells
• Recordkeeping, social security, recognition
  by Bill Schaefer
• Conference puts world at HR pros' fingertips
  by Beth McConnell
• Under a different shingle: there's a new breed of employment lawyer in the market—the employment law consultant
  by Michael Sullivan
• The truth about the coming labor shortage; confusing predictions and data are clouding the real picture of tomorrow's labor supply
  by Robert J. Grossman
• State of the Union address touches on the workplace
  by Bill Leonard
• Tools for Team Leadership
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Time America Inc
• Payroll: in, out or in between? Whether and how much to outsource payroll depends on a company's size, needs, technology and costs
  by Carolyn Hirschman
• The long and short of it: when transitioning from a short-term to a long-term expatriate assignment, consider the financial implications
  by Steven P. Nurney
• Health care
• Calling all visionary leaders
  by Ann Pomeroy
• Retirement benefits
• HR technology: leveraging the shift to self-service—it's time to go strategic
  by Leslie A. Weatherly
• On the Web www.shrm.org/hrnews
• HR must lead the fight for employment equity
  by Susan Meisinger
• HHS issues final rules for retiree drug subsidy
  by Bill Leonard
• A 3,500-year-old lesson in delegating: the millennia-old story of Pharaoh and Joseph illustrates how today's managers can delegate effectively
  by Jathan Janove
• Business ethics
• Workplace security
• HR's tech challenges
  by Jennifer Schramm
• Spread the word—correctly: move quickly and be honest when communicating an outsourcing decision to affected HR employees
  by Lin Grensing-Pophal
• Be ready for slings, arrows of cupid in the cubicles
  by Kathy Gurchiek
• Study: domestic violence spills over into workplace
  by Kathy Gurchiek
• March
• Just desserts: free meals can create camaraderie while thanking employees for a job well done
  by Diane Cadrain