Privacy

Keep staff vacation schedules away from public view

07/01/2005

With summer-vacation season here, you may be tracking employees’ comings and goings using schedules posted on a bulletin board or online. But not everyone thinks so highly of publicly posted …

Post vacation schedules only for employee viewing

06/01/2005

Issue: To assist in planning, organizations often post employee vacation schedules, especially during summer.
Risk: Some employees may protest, saying it’s an invasion of privacy that makes their house more …

Tighten policy to foil new identity-theft risks

06/01/2005

If your organization hasn’t taken identity theft seriously, here are two good reasons to start now: Starting June 1, federal law requires you to properly dispose
of employee background-check information …

Hair samples are a legitimate method of drug tests.

03/01/2005

A police department ordered one if its officers to provide a hair sample for a drug test after it suspected him of using cocaine. The test, which involved shaving a patch …

Make privacy a cornerstone of your culture

03/01/2005

Confidentiality can quickly become a legal issue in many workplace decisions and activities.

It IS your business: Protect domestic-violence victims at work

01/01/2005

Issue: Your role and responsibilities when it comes to domestic violence in the workplace.
Risk: Doing nothing risks lives, safety, morale, lawsuits and your bottom line.
Action: Take the …

Move your career forward by avoiding ‘Foot-in-Mouth’ disease

12/01/2004

Issue: All the talent in the world won’t help if your mouth works against you.
Risk: A penchant to blurt out inappropriate comments at work can undermine your credibility with …

Reinstate employees right after leave; don’t delay

12/01/2004

Issue: Employees’ right to immediate reinstatement when returning from leave covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Risk: Any delay in returning employees to their jobs after FMLA …

Erase ideas of ‘implied contract’ with repeated at-will statements

11/01/2004

Make sure all versions of your company policies, whether in employee handbooks, online policies or even offer letters, contain clear at-will employment statements.
As this ruling shows, you won’t be …

Return employees to their jobs promptly after FMLA leave