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Public health concerns that stress is becoming a workplace epidemic have been confirmed by an employee research survey by Insightlink Communications, which finds that the frequency of anxiety, exhaustion, burnout, and fear of losing their jobs is reported with increasing frequency.
In a new opinion, the California Supreme Court has made it more difficult for employees to prove they were discriminated against for filing a workers’ comp claim. We’ll explain the court’s ruling.
Suppose a supervisor retaliates against an employee who complained about sexual harassment by initiating a disciplinary investigation against the employee. The employee is ultimately terminated for disciplinary reasons and sues you for retaliation. Can you claim you’re not liable because the person who made the termination decision didn’t know about the harassment complaints? Not according […]
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that employment has increased for the month of August, while the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 3.9%. The BLS reports that job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and mining. While employers struggle to hire top talent, they’re […]
Even if a new learning technology has the potential to save your company millions of dollars every year and has the potential to teach your employees everything under the sun, it won’t matter if that potential isn’t actualized. In other words, everyone in your organization will have to actually want to use a new learning […]
The theme for this year’s NAOSH Week is “Worker safety works for everyone.” Join companies across North America and the world in renewing your commitment to safety training and safety enforcement this week. Remind employees that following safety rules all the time is the most effective way to stay safe. Some examples of general rules […]
by Bonny Mak Waterfall and Rachel Younan When a Canadian employer transfers its employee to a non-Canadian entity, is it still on the hook for wrongful dismissal damages? Recently, an Ontario court declined to hear a civil action claiming wrongful dismissal damages from an employee who was transferred to a United States subsidiary of a […]
The decision to hire employees who will work remotely requires an examination of various pros and cons, and that examination includes considering how to handle the management challenges telecommuters present.
by Brian Smeenk Does your company send employees into other countries? Do you employ foreign nationals in international aassignments? These situations have their own, unique complexities and legal issues. To be successful in managing its employees abroad, employers need to have an employment relationship that protects both its company and its employees. Let’s look at […]
by Marc A. Koonin The increasing regulation of private-sector employers at the city, county, and local regional agency level is a significant continuing trend. Many state and federal employment laws expressly allow or don’t expressly preempt further regulation at the local level. Such regulatory power was mostly dormant for many years because local government agencies […]