Sexual Harassment Training Does Not Invite Lawsuits
A fear of some business owners is that the teaching of sexual harassment training to employees is an invitation to encourage lawsuits....
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Eric Swenson - On Leadership
Eric's "Letter to Leaders" (sent monthly), covers current leadership and workforce topics.
"Leadership Insights" focuses on techniques to become a more effective leader. It's posted whenever Eric is sufficiently motivated.
- Aug 15, 2007
- 2 min
The "No-Match" Letter
From our friends at Allen Matkins… Significant Changes Announced To Employer’s Obligations Upon Receipt of No-Match Letter The Department...
- Aug 3, 2007
- 1 min
AB 1825 Regulations Now In Force
The Office of Administrative Law has adopted the Fair Employment and Housing Commissions regulations for AB 1825 Sexual Harassment...
- Jul 27, 2007
- 1 min
Don’t Get Scammed – Get your labor poster for free!
Today’s Modesto Bee illustrates a popular scam, one we see every year. You should place the updated poster in your workplace, but don’t...
- Jul 18, 2007
- 2 min
The Biggest Hiring Mistakes
From our friends at Gevity: 1. Offering candidates uncompetitive compensation. Offering prospective hires a competitive compensation...
- Jul 13, 2007
- 1 min
Re-Hiring Of Employees
Should you re-hire a former employee? Theories vary. Lew Wasserman re-hired just one employee in his 60 years at Universal (Frank...
- May 14, 2007
- 1 min
Recommended Reading
The Tallahasee Democrat poses a question – why is sexual harrasment is prevelent? (Answer is – because there’s still ignorant people out...
- May 2, 2007
- 1 min
The Risks of E-mails
E-mail is a positive and negative. What’s surprising is how many businesses have not taken steps to adopt a policy regarding e-mails. ...
- Apr 26, 2007
- 1 min
"Love Contracts" are a bad idea
Despite the growing popularity of so-called ‘love contracts’, they’re a really bad practice. While any manager would strongly prefer to...
- Apr 12, 2007
- 1 min
Policies on Blogging
In the never-ending world of revising your Employee Handbook, here’s the latest need for an additional policy – blogging at work. Don’t...
- Apr 11, 2007
- 1 min
What Are You Doing To Retain Your Employees?
Wow. 75% of all employees are looking to change jobs before the end of the year. The cost to interview, train, and manage an new...
- Apr 5, 2007
- 1 min
The Pitfalls of Layoffs
If you need to layoff employees, make sure the criteria you use is both consistent and business-related. There is a huge potential for...
- Mar 23, 2007
- 1 min
E-Mail Etiquette in the Workplace
There’s way too much overuse of e-mail in the workplace. And many managers are using e-mail for the ultimate no-no: reprimanding...
- Mar 13, 2007
- 1 min
Harassment – Same Sex
The EEOC reports that there’s a sharp increase in men filing sexual harassment charges. Harassment of the same sex is prohibited; make...
- Mar 9, 2007
- 1 min
Stupid Managers – Part 85
The tragedy of this story is that it’s likely the business owner – the one who had to write a check for $85,000 (plus attorney’s fees)...
- Mar 1, 2007
- 1 min
HR Checklist
This is by no means a comprehensive audit checklist, but it’s well written and focuses on the major issues California businesses needs to...
- Feb 26, 2007
- 1 min
Grievance Procedures
Every Employee Handbook should include a defined grievance procedure, which outlines the steps an employee must take when he/she has a...
- Feb 22, 2007
- 1 min
Employee E-Mail Policy
The number of harassment cases involving the e-mails of employees is on the rise. Make sure you have an air-tight, written policy...
- Feb 9, 2007
- 1 min
Document!
Any competent HR professional or consultant will tell management the first rule of good human resources practices is to document,...
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