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New ‘HR Insight’ Newsletter to Help HR Professionals Manage Their Daily Workload with All-New Confidence & Effectiveness

NASHVILLE, April 14, 2004 — M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, America’s premier provider of state-specific workplace law newsletters and other information products for HR professionals, announces the launch of a national monthly newsletter, HR Insight: Proven Strategies for the Human Resources Professional.

Each 8-page issue of HR Insight will offer easy, step-by-step guidance and “how-to” tips designed to help America’s HR professionals handle their challenging daily workload with new confidence and effectiveness.

“We’ve launched HR Insight because we hear repeatedly from our customers that they need proven, practical strategies for managing the HR function,” said Dan Oswald, President & Associate Publisher of M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC. “Our state-specific and federal employment law newsletters do an excellent job of keeping them informed of the latest court decisions and regulatory developments. But the HR professional’s job entails much more than legal aspects of human resources. That’s why HR Insight will provide them with step-by-step solutions to some of their most common, frustrating problems.”

Oswald said the practical, how-to guidance presented in HR Insight will show HR professionals how to effectively manage such tough “in the trenches” issues as hiring and recruitment, personnel policies, performance reviews, HR and supervisor training, conflict resolution, and more.

“And because the expert advice is brought together in one place,” Oswald said, “HR pros will find the newsletter a genuine time-saving tool for managing their workloads more effectively. So they will save time handling critical HR tasks, even as they enhance their strategic value to their organizations.”

In addition to 12 monthly issues, customers will receive the following when they subscribe:

• 1 free, 4-page HR Briefing entitled Hiring, covering the crucial things one must do to hire effectively and legally.
• 1 free, 4-page HR Briefing entitled Employment Law Issues in the Electronic Workplace.
• 6 additional free HR Briefings, each covering a vital HR issue and delivered every other month.
• Free Bonus Tip Sheets, featuring problem-solving checklists and eye-opening insights into effectively managing a workforce.

The first issue of HR Insight: Proven Strategies for the Human Resources Professional will be available in May 2004, with a full-year’s introductory subscription (12 monthly issues) priced at $147. No-risk, 100% money-back guarantee subscriptions may be ordered by calling 800-274-6774.

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC is the only company in America that publishes a state-specific workplace law newsletter for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Founded in 1975, the company today offers more than 130 newsletters for HR professionals, employers, and attorneys, along with national award-winning videos, national conferences, national audio conferences, books, special reports, and Internet research services.

The company also offers full-service publishing and printing for other companies' newsletters.

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