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Deal with health care cyber-attacks, data security & government audits

08/11/2016

The costs involved are growing … but the consequences of not spending are brutal.

Ensure lack of clarity doesn’t cause liability

08/11/2016
Rules that are unclear, vague or poorly worded can spell trouble if they end up being applied differently to some employees and not others. That’s one reason you should pay careful attention to the language in your policies.

Mission to Venus: OSHA probe finds multiple violations

08/11/2016

OSHA inspectors staging a spot inspection at K-T Galvanizing Co. in the Dallas-Fort Worth-area town of Venus found 13 serious violations of workplace safety and health regulations.

EEO-1 reports due by Sept. 30

08/11/2016
Covered employers must submit their 2016 EEO-1 Surveys by Sept. 30. EEO-1 reports—which employers complete and submit online—provide employment data by race and ethnicity, gender and job categories.

Recognize legal risks of Zika

08/11/2016
Employers need to know how to respond to Zika, the mosquito-borne disease linked with birth defects.

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.