HR Management

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.

Snapshot: Top HR challenges for the next 10 years

07/21/2016

What are the top concerns in HR offices for the next decade?

Why your company’s biggest idiot is such a legal threat

07/18/2016

The National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may protect workers who wildly misinterpret your intentions. Here’s how to cope.

Horror show of hazards earns OSHA citations in Brooklyn

07/08/2016

A Brooklyn construction company, faces $49,200 in fines for 21 serious workplace safety standard violations following an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of a six-story building the company was constructing.

Federal job training program sends $49 million to Texas

07/06/2016

Federal money to assist Texas workers who have been displaced by global trade hit over $49 million in 2015, the DOL has announced.

Make sure your privacy program has these 5 vital components