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Employers and government officials alike have faced increasing pressure to ban smoking at work.

What steps should an employer follow before conducting a criminal background check? The following checklist addresses issues that employers should consider and

The following are among the factors employers should consider in using a skills or ability test or a psychological test as a tool in making employment decisions

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.

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.

Advantages of Rehabilitation; Without a well-thought-out rehabilitation program, an employer's workers' compensation costs can spiral out of control.

In its extensive information regarding drug use in the workplace, the US Department of Labor cautions employers not to feel safe from the drug abuse problem bec

Checklist: Criminal Background Checks. What steps should an employer follow before conducting a criminal background check?

Checklist: Establishing a Wellness Program

Checklist: Factors to Consider When Drafting a Casual Dress Policy. Begin by underscoring the fact that clothes in the workplace cannot be disruptive or reflect negatively on the company's image.

Victims of domestic violence, as well as victims of sexual assault or stalking, sometimes leave their jobs because of the violence in their personal lives.

Assisting Layoff Survivors
Most employers do a good job of providing a safety net to laid-off employees through outplacement, counseling, severance pay, and extension of benefits, notes William M. Mercer, Inc. However, employers often fail to see the tremendous psychological effects staff reductions have on the surviving employees.

The following checklists are designed to help employers prevent violence in their workplaces by implementing a comprehensive violence-prevention program.

In the workplace, coaching communication should be a counseling process with individual steps, such as the following:

A great deal of attention must be paid to what to ask job applicants to meet fair employment requirements. But the explosion of employment litigation has taught employers that telling applicants about company policy on an application form can help avoid liability if an employee files a lawsuit after the employment relationship is terminated.

Want to know what ails some employees? Some employees are eating all the good cookies.

Although immediate dismissal is unavoidable sometimes, it is not a good practice. Without an investigation, the real facts of the situation could be hidden.

Generally, employers are not required to pay employees to take time off to volunteer.

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Some non-union workers, in certain circumstances, are protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

Although immediate dismissal is unavoidable sometimes, it is not a good practice. Without an investigation, the real facts of the situation could be hidden.

This is a summary of Recordkeeping/Posters Laws in Alabama.

There are specific provisions in the deadly force law for federally licensed nuclear power facilities (Sec. 13A-3-23(a), as amended by S. 283, L. 2006).

This is a summary of Recordkeeping-Posters Laws in Alaska.

Signed by President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001, Executive Order (EO) 13,201 requires that nonexempt federal contractors post a notice, known as the Beck poster.

This is a summary of Recordkeeping-Posters Laws in Arizona.