by Dennis Beaver | business, employees, employment, equipment, management, safety, vehicle maintenance
July 15, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver What do you think is the most dangerous season for drivers? Many of us would think, “Winter, of course, with snow and ice in many parts of the country.” That’s what I thought, but was corrected by a longtime friend of...
by Dennis Beaver | ADA, business, employment
March 24, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver “Rex,” the hiring manager of a Midwest financial services firm, phoned asking if I had a minute to discuss something that he had never before faced: “How do I respond to a job applicant who feels that, if hired, she has a right to...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
April 17, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Have you ever thought, “Is it my imagination, or have restaurants and bars become noisier? Why should I be paying for dinner which includes a side order of headache and screaming yourself hoarse in order...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
April 24, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week we began our look into something that is upsetting to people who both dine in and work at restaurants, bars and clubs: Ear-piercing levels of noise, so loud as to be classified as a health risk with...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dating, employment
June 1, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Are you just about to click “submit” on an Internet-based “Background Search” website, checking out a possible new employee or maybe the love of your life? We have all seen online ads, which for $20, in just a few hours time, claim to:...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
September 25, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am writing on behalf of both myself and several co-workers. We have a supervisor, Rob, who thinks that he’s a stand-up comic. But no one except him is laughing,”...
