HR Management

Overtime, social issues top employers’ list of worries

08/10/2016

The Department of Labor’s new rules for paying white-collar overtime, LGBT rights, pay equity and workplace violence prevention are the issues that most worried HR professionals and in-house lawyers responding to a new survey.

Court upholds EEOC rule on retention of employment-related testing records

08/09/2016

A federal court has ruled that the EEOC can require employers to retain employment records for its inspection and specifically demand that those records include a wide range of information about employment-related testing, test results and the impact of the results on protected classes.

Fight back: What to do when fists start to fly

08/02/2016

Physical violence is dangerous, disruptive and can involve companies in expensive lawsuits if employees—particularly bystanders—are injured during a fight.

Prison taps inmates to digitize its records

08/02/2016

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is in the process of converting more than 400,000 paper files, microfilm and X-rays to digital files with the help of inmates.

Go digital and save big on labor costs

08/02/2016

If you’re paying employees to create, file and organize paper records, you’re likely wasting valuable resources and money.

Managing off-site storage costs

08/01/2016

Although most documents are created, maintained, and used electronically, many organizations still send files to off-site facilities for long-term storage.

Ensure handbook asserts at-will employment

07/28/2016

If you have a handbook that provides workers with a limited right to contest proposed discipline, make sure it also has a very strong at-will statement.

Protect customer data from thieves on your staff

07/27/2016

Con artists and hackers aren’t the only threats to your customers’ credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and other financial data. It’s easy, and tempting, for employees to access customer data that you keep.

Republican Party platform addresses few HR, employment law issues

07/22/2016

The Republican Party’s official platform, adopted July 18 at its convention in Cleveland, paid scant attention to many of today’s hottest HR and employment law issues.

‘We lost our records’ is no excuse in pay cases

07/22/2016

Do you have a method for making sure pay records are up-to-date, accurate and available? Remember, California law requires retaining pay records for three years.