Mike Maslanka
Michael P. Maslanka believes that his role is twofold: to help clients manage the situation before the situation manages them and to make matters as simple and user-friendly as possible for them. He brings 28 years of experience to these dual goals, including being the lead trial attorney in claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII, and Texas noncompete law. Chambers USA states that he is a "strong, insightful thinker" and takes a "holistic approach" to resolving his client's challenges.
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interesting comments---hr does straddle two worlds...in part I think because it is often not seen as a key part of management by operations and finance...so,it is easy and natural to turn to the other world and blab when you should not...maybe the a…
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fran,thanks. Back in 2001,my old law firm went under,and while we were dissolving the firm,I had a place to go to but I could not pay myself and lived off savings for 5 months.I never really understood what plaintiffs were telling me about job loss …
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They work for you,not the other way around.If this is how you want to handle the situation,then go ahead and do it.But I think that having two employees sit down and talk to a third employee as a mediator---even if trained---is a bad idea. As to a f…
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baloonman,that is a good point,but we have seen many employers end up with a work force filled with light duty jobs,people who can't perform the essential functions of the job,and a host of other problems when worker comp costs and issues drive the …
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patti,hope this is working out for you,but please go see a lawyer...regards from texas,mike maslanka
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or as mother mary jones ,a union organizer and radical at the end of the last century said,"sit down and read,prepare yourselves for the coming struggle"...check out amazon.com or borders.com or barnesnoble.com or whatever service you like on this i…
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Recognition programs need to recognize that the world is changing and that recognition for team work should be more important than for some of the misguided awards for individual effort such as employee of the month where if you are there long enoug…
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Bama,good quote---in his book 'Start with No",Jim Camp makes a similar obervation in the negotiating context---realize that there are only a handful of things you really need and everything else is just a bunch of unnecessary wants and you will have…
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One useful quote is from ben franklin who said that half the truth is often the biggest lie...we use that when debating whether to disclose something---lots of fraud claims could have been avoided by following that simple but wise advice...reagrds,m…
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cinderela,I love the maslow quote and up until now never knew who to atribute it to....mike maslanka
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One that we find useful---especially to get someone to open up---is to comment on something obvious and then say,"Well,the more something goes without saying,the more it needs to be said." People then feel,gee,maybe I should say what is on my mind a…
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paul ,I have something similar---there is the story on the surface and there is the stroy beneath the surface.Regards,Mike
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lisa,always liked that last one myself from "thunder road"...mike
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cj,that is great advice...so simple but so effective...thanks,mike maslanka
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when interviewing---or even on a business lunch or dinner---i never order anything that is hard to eat---nothing that i can not use just a fork on---no sawing away on a lamb chop...also,no hot soup...it makes you need to blow your nose...regards,mik…
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Glad to see so much thought on this. I did not mean the post as a joke. Especially liked paul's take on the compliment question.Regards from texas,mike maslanka
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also think about getting insurance for the event and make sure the insurance does not expire---like cinderalla---at midnight,but bleeds into the next day...and,check to see if the servers have received training by the state liquor board---they can c…
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Let me echo what James mentioned---an outstanding resource.We like to tell clients to renew their "marriage vows" once a year---and not on the date of the annual evaluation---on important policies and procedures.So have the employee look over and re…
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Virtual communities are a change wave that will be a lasting legacy of the internet age.Kudos to our Web Master at M. Lee Smith,Chrisite Reeder,for holding it all together.
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Having heard this presentation,I can say it is a must see one. All of our roles---hr professional,employment lawyer--are changing and morphing into more expansive duties, requiring big picture thinking...the presentation covers this and a lot more..…
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forget the fact that she is with child---how would you handle this if she was off for other medical reasons,and do the same here...check out troupe v. may department stores for an illustration of how to handle this...it is a case from the 7th circui…
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Two names: Joni Johnston at workrelationships.com or magaret morford at the HRedge...if you want more about the HRedge,click onto HRedge Outsourcing on this page under Ways We Can Help...on joni,take a look at her website...I have her phone number s…
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check out the web site of the New Yorker magazine---i think it is [url]www.cartoonbank.com...while[/url] there is not an hr section,the sections on law and business may do the trick for you...regards,mike maslanka,mmaslanka@godwingruber.com
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Check with Theresa Kelly.She is a very good employment lawyer in New Jersey,and can be reached at 973-966-8168,or [email]tkelly@phks.com[/email].I know there is often resistance to using a lawyer,but the old saying about "penny wide,pound foolish" i…
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somone wanted the cases because there was a question in their company on whether to just give a neutral reference to an employee with ,as I recall,a violent temper...they wanted to know if they could get sued,and these cases say "yes"...mike
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a very good book on how to size up anothers personality---i prefer to call it communiction style---is How to Mind Read Your Customers by David Snyder...regards,mike maslanka
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also,check out [url]www.birkman.com...great[/url] test,simple to understand,very accurate...mike maslanka
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alos check Hredge here at hrhero.com...you really can not write one by yorself;it involves number crunching and statisitcs and you need some help on that...good luck,mike maslanka
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I do not have a cite for it...let me see what i can do...regards,mike maslanka
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A tough question but ,just as you were wise to seek counsel on how to handle the situation with the employee,also seek counsel on what to do now...there are several cases---one involving Allstate Insurance in Florida where a similar situation occure…