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New notice and poster for paid sick leave

By jfarrell Dec 16, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

As most employers in California already know, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 allows employees to take up to 3 days of paid sick leave each year, beginning July 1, 2015. Although employees can’t begin using paid sick leave until July, the notice and posting provisions of the law are effective January 1, 2015 and the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has issued a new poster summarizing employee’s rights under the new law, along with an updated “Notice to Employee” required under Labor Code section 2810.5.

Ohio Bill Would Expand List of Protected Classes

By HR Hero Sep 16, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Sep 16, 2009

On Tuesday, September 15, 2009,  the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes under Chapter 4112, Ohio’s antidiscrimination statute, and R.C. 4111.17, which prohibits wage discrimination. The bill, H.B. 176, was introduced into the Ohio House in May and originally added “gender […]

5 Words Every Employer Should Say During a Job Interview

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Oct 24, 2016 Recruiting

Updated: Oct 24, 2016

To their own detriment, 92% of employers focus on experience and ability when hiring employees. But experience and ability are all but irrelevant in hiring the best employees. In his latest book, The Five A’s of Great Employees, author, speaker, and workplace-cultural advisor Eric Swenson identifies the five most important traits of a truly great […]

Technology Brings Tricky Twist on Old Issue—Hours Worked

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Jan 26, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 26, 2011

What effect does your employees’ use of PDA’s have on wage and hour issues? Are you “suffering and permitting” when they respond to calls after hours? Is any time ever “de minimis?” Attorney Laura Innes tackles these questions and makes some recommendations for 2011. Compensable “hours worked” is all the time during which an employee […]

Warning! New Workplace ‘Species’ Threatens Extinction of Workers’ Attention Span

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Apr 2, 2013 HR Strange But True

Updated: Apr 2, 2013

SBT has written about chimps, goats, dogs, cats, bats, and insects in the workplace. But there is a new species proliferating in cubicles—digital omnivores! Author Tim Lloyd, writing in venturebeat.com, warns that these digital omnivores are threatening the extinction of workers’ attention spans. Why? Lloyd says digital omnivores are ravenous, consuming information from multiple media […]

ADA Reasonable Accommodations: New Court Case Looks At Whether You Have To Bump Temporary Workers Or Offer Light-Duty Assignments

By Jennifer Carsen Jul 1, 1998 Uncategorized

Updated: Jul 1, 1998

When an employee who has been injured on the job wants to return to work, it can be beneficial to both you and the worker to consider a light-duty assignment. Light-duty positions can keep the employee productive and help reduce workers’ comp costs. But modifying job duties can also present logistical problems and create new […]

Biting the Fiduciary Bullet: A Case for Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants

By Northern Exposure Jun 10, 2012 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jun 10, 2012

By Kyla Stott-Jess and Devin Crisanti Post-employment restrictions can be tricky to enforce. But if drafted properly, they can be valuable. As one Alberta employer recently discovered in ADM Measurements Ltd. v. Bullet Electric LTD, relying on implied fiduciary duties to do the job of contractual restrictions can be a pricey gamble. Background The employer, […]