How To Handle Alleged Bullying?
If an employee comes to you complaining about alleged harassment, it’s a no-brainer: You launch an investigation, end of story. But what about an employee who comes to you with a bullying complaint?
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End Violence, Harassment & Bullying at Your Workplace
Special from BLR’s National Employment Law Update Violence is often unpredictable, but there are actions HR can take to minimize the risk and to defuse the situation if violence does threaten, say attorneys Robert E. Bettac and Anthony L. Martin. Their remarks came at BLR’s National Employment Law Update, held recently in Las Vegas. Bettac […]
How the Wage Orders Affect Alternative Workweek Schedules
Yesterday, we looked at the issue of “single-serving” alternative workweek schedules. Today we’ll explain why the Wage Order your employees fall under affects the type of alternative workweek schedules you can offer.
Competing for Talent with Your Own Clients
By Joel Henderson and Stephen Acker Julie is an IT consultant working for NoProblemo! Tech Solutions (NP), a technology consultancy. Julie has worked at NP for six years, is well-educated, and has important certifications and transportable skills. What can NP do to reduce the risk of her being hired away by a client? The scenario […]
Benefits and Pitfalls of Electronic Recordkeeping
In yesterday’s Advisor, attorney Catherine Gray covered the basics of electronic recordkeeping; today, its benefits and pitfalls, a warning about shadow records, plus help with the most basic records of all—job descriptions. Gray, an associate in the Hartford, Connecticut office of Robinson and Cole LLP, delivered her remarks at BLR’s National Employment Law Update recent, […]
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Massive Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review what has been called the largest employment class action in U.S. history — Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes. The class of plaintiffs is estimated to include approximately 1.5 million former and current female Wal-Mart employees seeking monetary relief that could amount to billions of dollars in back pay. […]
Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Business Books
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times with data from Nielsen BookScan on December 6. 1. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented […]
Single-Serving Alternative Workweeks?
California law authorizes “alternative workweeks,” which permit employers to sidestep overtime requirements when adopting flexible schedules. But what if you have just a single employee who wants to adopt this modified schedule?
Copy Machine May Be Storing Your Confidential Records
Unchain Yourself from Your Desk
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, my youngest son pulled out his favorite holiday movie to get himself in the Christmas spirit. You see, my wife was planning a day of putting up the Christmas tree, stringing lights outside, and generally decorating our home for the holidays. You might say that not everyone in the family shares […]