HR Specialist: Employment Law

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from July 2010
Last Number: October 2023

Business Management Daily, a division of Capitol Information Group
ISSN 1934-1652


Cantidad de documentos en esta fuente: 1240

August 01, 2018

  • 5 great HR lessons from Microsoft, Facebook and more.

    • August 01, 2016

  • Timekeeping: neutral rounding system is OK.

    • July 01, 2017

  • Layoff language: How to answer 4 key questions.

    • August 01, 2019

  • Obesity and age trigger a spike in disability claims.

  • Keep a close eye on expense reports: Fraud on the rise.

  • Focus reviews on performance, not emotions.

  • FLSA risk: Exempt 'manager' does all work.

  • Use right words when pointing staff to EAP.

  • No need to pay for commuting time, but pay attention to 'first stop' rule.

  • 100%-healed policy? A $950k mistake.

  • Warn younger bosses about ageist remarks.

  • Back pain is common, but not always disability.

  • Document when & how staff receive arbitration pact.

  • Never discourage laid-off employees from reapplying.

  • Allowing mocking of accents leads to $650k settlement.

  • Yes, you can terminate after FMLA or ADA-related leave ends, but take extra care.

  • California & New York: first states to ban hair bias.

  • Penalties rise for missing or incorrect W-2 forms.

  • Employee mental health: New DOL resource.

  • EEOC's new ally on age bias: organized labor.

  • U.S. again ranks last in mandatory paid vacation.

  • 6 employment-law lessons from HR's largest conference.

  • How to document employee infractions: 4 'musts' to include.

  • The HR I.Q. Test.

  • In court, will your handbook help or hurt? Here is what judges consider.

  • The Mailbag.

    • September 01, 2019

  • DOL: Certain school-related absences are FMLA-protected.

  • Expanded definition of harassment may be coming.

  • EEOC spotlight on national-origin harassment: New case shows risk of tolerating "go back to your country" taunts.

  • 'Predictive scheduling' laws pick up steam.

  • Waistlines are growing: But is obesity, itself, a job-protected ADA disability?

  • The best weapon you can use to defeat an employee's 'FMLA shield'.

  • Document exact date of termination notice.

  • Don't keep shopping for better doc opinions.

  • Keep all drafts of disciplinary documents.

  • Out with the old? In with a lawsuit.

  • ADA accommodation may require a schedule change.

  • Remind bosses: Never impose your beliefs on employees.

  • Carefully document customer complaints if they might be used to justify discipline.

  • New NLRB union-solicitation rules favor employers.

  • Sept. 30 is the deadline to submit EEO-1 pay data.

  • IRS will allow shortened SSNs on employee W-2s.

  • House OKs $15 minimum wage, Senate is unlikely.

  • Federal contractors: Access new compliance guides.

  • Employers were the real targets of this summer's high-profile ICE raids.

  • Employment-law compliance training: Follow the 3 E's.

  • The HR I.Q. Test.

  • Hiring: When is it legal to look into an applicant's criminal history?

  • The Mailbag.

    • July 01, 2020

  • 44% of workers say racism an issue in their workplace.