As an employer, you have a responsibility to maintain a workplace that is free of sexual harassment. This is your legal obligation, but it also makes good business sense. If you allow sexual harassment to flourish in your workplace, you will pay a high price in terms of poor employee morale, low productivity, and lawsuits.
What steps should an employer follow before conducting a criminal background check? The following checklist addresses issues that employers should consider and
While all situations that could occur in the workplace can not possibly be anticipated, the following is a list of things that should be considered.
At minimum, an organization formulating a sick leave policy should consider the issues in the following checklist.
Ask yourself the following questions to determine whether your employer's anti-harassment efforts really protect the organization and its employees.
To avoid legal action resulting from an investigation, HR must see to it that all investigative techniques are used within the constraints of the law.
Employers can minimize the likelihood of being faced with breach of contract claims based on their employee handbooks (and increase their chances of prevailing
The following questions are designed to guide employers in the initial steps of designing an effective employee complaint policy that will fit the company's cul
To avoid potential problems in disclosing information about former employees, it is a good idea to implement a policy on giving references, outlining the type o
The following sample policy statement is for personal leave.
What follows are some sample questions that may be used to measure employees' factual knowledge of sexual harassment.
A list of guidelines for developing an effective sexual harassment policy
The following material consists of two examples of acknowledgements of receipt of the handbook that are to be signed by employees and included in their personnel files.
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Using employment testing as an aid to making hiring decisions can result in better decisions-if there are reliable and valid tests and those tests are selected and administered correctly. However, tests cannot be a substitute for managerial judgment and accountability.
Guidance on establishing policy and complaint procedures to help prevent punitive damages
Don’t you hate it when you ask a question, and the response is: “That’s not our policy?”
Because of this widespread use of computers, employers should consider formulating a computer use policy.
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No. When it comes to workplace substance abuse, small businesses have big disadvantages.
Smoking cessation programs in the workplace are among the most popular of employer-sponsored wellness activities.
Business necessity.
Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act.— A “No Smoking” sign or signs, or the international “No Smoking” symbol, which consists of a pictorial representative of a burning
Same-sex marriage.—Supreme Court case.— The right to marry is a basic, substantive legal right under the California constitution, and “attributes traditionally
There are two schools of thought about providing employees with access to their personnel files.
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Case law.— The Connecticut correctional department violated an officer's transfer rights when it denied his request to relocate to another facility because of a