Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Mexican Food Chain To Pay Big For Overtime Misclassification
Judge Approves $53.3 Million Settlement Of Of-The-Clock Suit
Short Takes: Nepotism
Can we prohibit the hiring of spouses of employees?
Short Takes: State Mediation
Where can we get help with labor disputes?
Immigration: We Just Learned an Employee Is an Illegal Immigrant; What Do We Do Now?
We did all of the correct hiring processes, including a background check and a credit report, on one of our employees and later found out that he is an illegal immigrant. He has lived in the U.S. illegally for 15 years and has a Social Security card but no driver’s license or passport. But because […]
You’re the Expert: What guidelines do you give for the first few weeks?
We feel vulnerable to lawsuits because our brand-new supervisors and managers haven’t been trained. What guidelines do you give for the first few weeks?
Pregnancy Bias: What Do I Do About Bosses Who Say, “No More Pregnant Women”?
I’m up against an ethical brick wall here. I recently had an excellent candidate for one of our sales positions who was visibly pregnant. The hiring manager gave her a brief interview, then told me to reject her. He said, “Don’t send me any more pregnant women; they just get started and then they’re out […]
Two Invitations for Daily Advisor Readers
By HR Daily Advisor Managing Editor Jay Schleifer Just My E-pinion We’ve got two invitations for you this week: One will get you a free report of what your competitors plan to pay workers in 2008. The other can, well, make you famous. They say opportunity knocks only once. But this week, it knocks twice. […]
Workplace Bias: EEOC Spotlights Work/Family Balance in New Guidance
Responding to the emerging issue of “family responsibility discrimination,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published new guidance on how federal equal employment laws apply to employees who must balance work and family. The new guidance, “Unlawful Disparate Treatment of Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities,” offers examples under which discrimination against a working parent […]