HR Management

Employee handbooks: Craft with care to secure ‘at-will’ policy

04/01/2003

THE LAW. While law doesn’t directly regulate employee handbooks, they are extremely important legal tools. A handbook documents your policies, builds trust …

Set Policy, Check State Law for ‘Snow Day’ Pay

04/01/2003

Q. An ice storm recently knocked out power in 87 percent of the city. Our company had no power from Sunday until Wednesday. Some hourly employees showed up to work Monday because they live in surrounding counties and didn’t know about the outage. Are we obligated to pay those who showed up but were unable to work? —D.K., Kentucky

Guard HR records, the No. 1 source of identity theft

03/01/2003

In the past, thieves stole a person’s identity mostly by snatching a wallet, intercepting mail or digging through garbage to find identifying data. Not anymore. Now, …

No need to reverify expired driver’s license

03/01/2003

Q. I was interested in your recent article discussing reverifying employees’ I-9 documents when they expire. Does this mean that if a worker shows a driver’s license as verification, we need to ask for the worker’s new number and recheck the information when the license expires? —H.F., Florida

HR Management

Employee handbooks: Craft with care to secure ‘at-will’ policy

Set Policy, Check State Law for ‘Snow Day’ Pay

Guard HR records, the No. 1 source of identity theft

No need to reverify expired driver’s license

Lower-level bias can illegally taint firing decision

Fast fix to FLSA error can save you, but ‘correction window’ closes fast

Your safety rules outweigh employee ‘personal appearance’ rights.

Job-bias claims in 2002 saw biggest one-year jump in decade

Safeguard your health data: HIPAA rules kick in April 14

Clean up graffiti or risk harassment lawsuit

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