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Trade group plansworkshop at KSU
KENT -- The Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium will hold a foreign-trade zone workshop Nov. 21 at Kent State University. Among the speakers will be Randy Campbell, executive director of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones in Washington. Cost is $75. To register, call (800) 793-0912.
Workshop to addresstermination, conduct
NILES -- The Western Reserve chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management will meet and elect officers at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Victorian Room, 327 Vienna Ave. Joseph McDermott, a partner with Cohen & amp; Grigsby, will present a program on employee termination and off-duty conduct.
NATION
Fraternization at workgets mixed reviews
NEW YORK -- He or she is smart, funny and cute. Only trouble is, he/she sits in the next cubicle. Before asking this ideal man/woman on a date, you might be wise to check with human resources for company policy on workplace dating.
Virtually no companies prohibit office romances, but nearly half -- 45 percent -- set some limits on fraternization, according to 729 human resources managers who responded last month to an online poll conducted by HRnext.com, a human-resources library and regulatory policy site based in Old Saybrook, Conn.
Nearly a third, 31 percent, of the respondents agreed that companies ought to "let people have some fun." Only 3 percent said their companies strictly prohibit office dating, but 10 percent said they'd like to set some rules but were thwarted by upper management. An additional 11 percent said their company was afraid of setting such rules.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports