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Employee Handbooks

7 Policies to Update in Your 2019 Employee Handbook

— January 15, 2019 comments off
Handbooks are a key asset for communicating company policies and promoting fairness and consistency in the workplace, and ever-evolving laws make routinely reviewing and updating handbooks critical for employers. Here are some... Read more »
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)--Employee Relations

Sexual Orientation Is Protected Class for Michigan State Contracts

— January 15, 2019 comments off
As one of his last acts in office, term-limited Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed an executive directive extending sexual-orientation discrimination protection to a number of private employees. Read more »
Benefits Communication

Worker Fired for Being One Minute Late Advances FMLA Claim

— January 15, 2019 comments off
A tax clerk for Orange County, Fla., who had taken family and medical leave and was fired for being one minute late returning from a break could proceed to trial on her... Read more »
Conflict Resolution

Supreme Court Sides with Truck Driver in Arbitration Dispute

— January 15, 2019 comments off
​The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 15 that a trucking company can't compel arbitration in a wage and hour case brought by a truck driver who was classified as an independent contractor.Read more »
HR Careers

Career Success in 2019: How to Build a Successful Life

— January 15, 2019 comments off
When you take a more businesslike approach to career management and harness your dreams and goals to the same actionable strategies that corporations use, your outcome will be greater personal success. Columnist... Read more »
Business Acumen

Violence, Drugs, Cyberattacks Worry HR in 2019

— January 15, 2019 comments off
​Workplace violence, marijuana use, data security, leave laws and workforce planning are among the most difficult challenges for employers this year, according to HR professionals. Experts weigh in with tips and strategies... Read more »
Global and Cultural Effectiveness

Viewpoint: Workplace Revolution Means the 9-5 Is Dead. Long Live… What Exactly?

— January 15, 2019 comments off
The future of work feels closer than ever before. Technology, longer lives and individual expectations are tearing at the seams of conventional office life. Workers and companies are recreating how long, when... Read more »
Age

Terminating Disruptive Employee Wasn’t Age Discrimination

— January 15, 2019 comments off
A federal district court found no evidence of age discrimination when an employer cited a laboratory technician’s numerous complaints about management among the reasons she was selected for termination in a reduction... Read more »
Diversity and Inclusion

Google Employees Fight Forced Arbitration Agreements

— January 15, 2019 comments off
Google employees took to Instagram and Twitter on Jan. 15 to pressure companies in the tech industry to stop using forced arbitration. Read more »
Compensation Compliance

Illinois Business Expense Reimbursement Law Now in Effect

— January 15, 2019 comments off
Illinois was the ninth jurisdiction to impose expense reimbursement requirements on employers. The new law took effect Jan. 1. Read more »
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