You’re the Expert: Can You Give Me Some Hints For How To Make Documentation More Effective?
I’ve been told to prepare some training on documenting discipline issues. Can you give me some hints for how to make documentation more effective?
Tag: california hr
Bulletin: Final Rule Addressing Stock Diversification Notice Penalty Issued
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has published a final rule clarifying the penalty that may be imposed on a plan administrator for failing to provide a written notice to participants and beneficiaries of their rights to diversify the portions of plan accounts that are invested in the employer’s publicly traded securities. […]
Hiring: Should We Accept Video Resumes?
In our hiring training, we’ve told our managers to avoid information that is not job related, especially when it has to do with protected characteristics. But we still get a lot of details we shouldn’t know about in other ways. Some applicants send pictures with their e-mailed resumes and others send video resumes. What do […]
What Do We Have to Pay an Employee Who Is Discharged on Arriving at Work?
Make-Up Time: A Complete Guide to the Rules for Nonexempt Employees
Administrative Exemption: Court Narrowly Interprets Exemption; Plus, PTO Doesn’t Count in Overtime Calculation
Hiring: What Are the Pitfalls of Hiring Internet Applicants?
Just in the past year, we’ve started doing almost all of our hiring through online sources. In some ways, it works very well, but I’m becoming increasingly concerned that we’re sort of losing control of what was a pretty solid commitment to diversity. Are we exposing ourselves to discrimination and affirmative action problems by recruiting […]
Supreme Court: California Employers Win Big in Two New Rulings
The California Supreme Court has issued two important new decisions—both with good news for employers.
Employment Law Tip: Is Your Workers’ Comp Poster Up-to-Date?
California employers are required to keep posted in a conspicuous place a notice stating the name of the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier or stating that the employer is self-insured. The notice must be easily understandable and posted in both English and Spanish (where there are Spanish-speaking employees). The notice must include the following details:
Veterans: OFCCP Revises Job Listing Rules for Federal Contractors
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released revised rules under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), implementing changes to the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements of federal contractors and subcontractors. The revisions were required by the 2002 Jobs for Veterans Act, which, among other […]