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Articles in August, 2004 issue of HR Magazine

• Senate beats back bid to expand FMLA
  by Bill Leonard
• Responding to changing ideas of family: before allowing domestic partners under your benefits umbrella, consider cost, eligibility and tax rules
  by Roseanne White Geisel
• Diversity Conference draws stars, speakers from stage, government
  by Beth McConnell
• HR taps into franchised market
  by Adrienne Fox
• Meaningful tokens of appreciation: cash awards aren't the only way to motivate your workforce
  by Charlotte Garvey
• Training and development
• Hewitt and Exult create outsourcing powerhouse
  by Pamela Babcock
• Religion vs. sexual orientation: there is room in your organization for policies that protect both sexual orientation and religious expression
  by Margaret M. Clark
• Expression of interest may be 'application' for promotion
  by Maria Greco Danaher
• Reader resources
• Stock option 'golden age' may be over
• Performance evaluations
• Outsourcing must be ethical
  by Anthony Mitchell
• Congress moves but Treasury doesn't on cash balance pension conversions
  by Steve Bates
• A sure bet: Atlantic City's newest casino uses software to recruit and empower employees and to improve customer satisfaction
  by Bill Roberts
• The Relationship Edge in Business
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Global competition increases
• TLC at Work
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Ruling allows defense in harassment cases
  by Margaret M. Clark
• Decision time for retiree Rx coverage: the arrival of a Medicare drug program will require many in HR to decide how much coverage to provide to retirees
  by Alison Stein Wellner
• SHRM board approves new awards program: plus, new HR games champion crowned
• HR assistants not just clerks
  by Merrick P. Dresnin
• U.S. unemployment rate omits 'shadow workforce'
  by Peter Weaver
• Making exit interviews work: properly collected and analyzed data can provide valuable insight into employees' attitudes
  by Martha Frase-Blunt
• August
• Decisions ahead on core benefits
  by Terence F. Shea
• Workplace management
• On the web: www.shrm.org/hrnews
• Office politics
  by Charlotte Garvey
• Conclude and communicate: discipline and finesse are needed to make and deliver an investigation's findings. Second in a two-part series
  by Jathan W. Janove
• The picture of health
  by Jennifer Schramm
• Retirement benefits
• Gun photo unnecessary
  by Kenneth A. Burke
• Conference speakers challenge attendees
• The business partner model: learning your company's business and your internal customers' needs will make you a better manager
  by Paul Falcone
• The HR Answer Book
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Corporate directorships more attractive today
• Compensation and benefits
• House approves dependent care benefits rollovers
  by Bill Leonard
• Uncovering 401 fees: HR professionals responsible for 401 plans have to understand providers' fees—no matter how hidden—and make sure they're reasonable
  by Mary E. Medland
• DOL, SHRM join forces for initiative
• HR leadership is key to creating better workplaces
  by Susan Meisinger
• Corrections
• Interns, returnees, bonus arithmetic
  by Naomi Cossack
• Transsexual can proceed with sex discrimination claim
  by Michael S. Cohen
• Who Stole My Customer?
  by Leigh Rivenbark
• Cost of poor people management is high
• Organizational planning
• Talent management
• NLRB: no right to representative for nonunion employees
  by Margaret M. Clark
• Franchisors walk a fine line: HR professionals at franchisors must direct the spirit but not the details of employment practices at frachisees
  by Susan J. Wells
• Federal law pre-empts state labor neutrality law
  by Bradley W. Kampas
• Health care
• Currency fluctuations shift Cost-of-Living rankings
  by Ann Pomeroy
• Outplacement
• HR technology buyers' guide: HR magazine reserves the right to edit material for length and content. Company listings do not imply recommendation or referral by SHRM