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Yesterday, we looked at some of the key aspects of the I-9 rules. Today, the penalties you face if you get it wrong—plus an answer to the question of what to do if you discover that you’re missing I-9s for one or more employees.
What if you conduct an I-9 audit and discover that you are missing some employees’ I-9 forms? You don’t know if they were accidentally purged, filed incorrectly, or never completed. Can you ask the affected employees to fill out another I-9? If so, do you ask them to backdate it or use the current date?
The number one mistake I see is untrained supervisors responding negatively to employees’ requests for reasonable accommodation, says attorney Mark Schickman. They just say “no” without any interactive discussion.
Yesterday, Jim Brown of Sedgwick, LLP, ran down 5 tips to help you properly coordinate workers’ comp leaves. Today, the rest of the top 10—plus a California leaves resource that’s been fully updated for 2012.
The interaction among various leave laws can make your obligation to accommodate injuries and illnesses incredibly complicated—especially when the injury results from a workplace accident. Read on for 10 tips from Jim Brown of Sedgwick, LLP, that will help you get everything properly sorted out.
Yesterday, we looked at the first part of a case involving a spa director who was allegedly pushed out of her job following a family leave. Today, the conclusion of the case – plus a new webinar on California family leave that you won’t want to miss.
Employers wanting to be in compliance with employee privacy laws should ensure that employees understand that e-monitoring policies affect the employee’s reasonable expectation of privacy. In other words, if employees are told that their electronic communications will be monitored, then they cannot reasonably expect that they will be private. In a CER webinar titled “HR’s […]
A spa director sued for pregnancy discrimination after she allegedly was pressured to resign following her leave for postpartum depression. The employer asked the court to compel arbitration in accordance with an arbitration provision in the employment application. Was the arbitration agreement enforceable?
In a CER webinar titled “FMLA, ADA, and California Workers’ Comp Overlap: Overcoming New Compliance Conflicts,” Jennifer K. Achtert and Todd B. Scherwin outlined some of the differences between the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/ California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and other leaves. In particular, they compared FMLA/CFRA to the Americans with Disabilities Act […]
In yesterday’s CED, we covered “almost smoking gun” mistakes; today, more mistakes your managers make, plus an introduction to a helpful resource that will automate an important recordkeeping duty and take it off your plate once and for all.