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DEALING WITH DRUG ABUSERS. "...the employer should deal with performance standards [not with a drug or alcohol abuse problem]. If an employee has a problem that affects performance, then discipline or dismiss based on poor performance... 'That approach is easier to enforce, reasonable, provable and reduces the chances you'll have a defamation lawsuit for falsely accusing someone of drug use,' Collison says."
--The Orange County Register

RETURN TO WORK. "A light-duty return-to-work policy cuts loss of productive employee time and reduces workers compensation costs... Helpful: A written policy encouraging recovering employees to return to modified, alternative or light-duty work as soon as possible...and promising to make reasonable efforts to modify workers' jobs or provide temporary ones as alternatives."
--Jim Collison in Bottom Line/Business

OBESE EMPLOYEES. On ADA protection and avoiding discrimination against obese workers: "Collison recommends that employers define each position according to 'essential functions and qualifications,' and then use those standards to determine what 'reasonable accommodations' can be made for the obese workers."
--Business Ethics magazine

ATTORNEYS and DOWNSIZING. "Jim Collison...said the downsizing dilemma has been a boon to at least one profession. 'It's a growing new area of job security for attorneys,' he said. 'As new laws are passed, lawyers have more ways of getting more money from employers...'"
--Mason City (IA) Globe-Gazette

ACCOMMODATING DISABLED. "The real challenge confronting employers, managers and supervisors today is not accommodating the physically, mentally and emotionally disabled. The challenge is dealing with those disabled by bad attitudes, poor motivation, and sloppy work ethics."
--Jim Collison in Houston (TX) Facets

RESUMES. "In screening resumes, what's the most important thing to look for? Look for weaknesses, by first looking at the end of the resume. That's where most applicants will put the weakest, or least flattering information."
--Jim Collison in Rochester(MN) Successful Business