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  • Thanks for the response. I found it interesting although, I am still not convinced that HR completely replaces legal. The company has been burned (six figures scorched) in the past by relying on HR when legal needed to be called in. As a follow-up,…
    in HR Metrics Comment by wjlljr February 2005
  • Pork1, "The ceo/GM understands $ollars and cents and an attorney is $175.00 per hour that the company used to pay, before I arrived. Now they pay me for the legal savings experience." I am curious about this conclusion. Is the cost of your salary …
    in HR Metrics Comment by wjlljr February 2005
  • I am not sure if your post suggests going to the hospital to fire the individual, i.e., "face-to-face." But if it does, I would caution against that course of action even if the ER has a clean kill on terminating the ee's employment. Face-to-face…
    in Too weird - what to do? Comment by wjlljr December 2004
  • I agree with your point about litigation and courts. But, how about if the outside HR department interprets case law or regulations for the client? Isn't that giving legal advice?
    in Line Between HR and the Practice of Law Comment by wjlljr October 2003
  • Cynically speaking, that may be a fair point. Maybe the question should be posed a little differently. When should HR call in a lawyer? What are some guidelines or flags? I know lawyers (because they are greedy and think they are smarter than eve…
    in Line Between HR and the Practice of Law Comment by wjlljr October 2003