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Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, affectionately known as Dr. Mentor, is the President of the Mentor Consulting Group in Norwalk, CT USA, and an international expert on internal and external business mentoring and coaching programs. In this article she continues to describe youth mentoring programs. Kinds of Company-sponsored Youth Mentoring Programs Regardless of location of the […]
Litigation Value: Not much on the employment law front. But, for many of our readers in Central Daylight Time (you know who you are), the goings-on during — and especially after — the most recent airing of The Office might have given rise to at least the kernel of an emotional distress claim. Allow this week’s […]
Yesterday’s Advisor presented attorney Jathan Janove’s suggestions for dealing with employees who say, “My aberrant behavior was caused by my disability.” Today, we’ll give you more of his tips plus an introduction to a new training option. When you have to move forward with discipline, says Janove, the first thing is to always couch it […]
Someone applies for a job and doesn’t get it. End of story? Not necessarily. More than 6,300 unsuccessful job applicants have complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) so far this fiscal year, claiming illegal discrimination kept them out of a job. Bass Pro, Weight Watchers in EEOC’s Sights The EEOC is focusing on […]
As most employers in California already know, the Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014 allows employees to take up to 3 days of paid sick leave each year, beginning July 1, 2015. Although employees can’t begin using paid sick leave until July, the notice and posting provisions of the law are effective January 1, 2015 and the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) has issued a new poster summarizing employee’s rights under the new law, along with an updated “Notice to Employee” required under Labor Code section 2810.5.
Why do employers fail to investigate? asks Denise Kay, Esq. “The number one reason is that they don’t know what to do. Employers are especially fearful when agencies are involved.” Typical reasons that managers fail to even start an investigation, says Kay, are: They think it’s cut and dried, so there’s no need for an […]
Employment handbooks should protect employers. “An employee handbook provides communication; it helps you to comply with the law; [and] it provides consistency – it allows you to treat all employees in a consistent manner.” Andrea Paris explained in a recent CER webinar: These are the 3 C’s of an effective employment handbook: communication, compliance, and […]
The federal Department of Labor has launched a new “Bridge to Justice” program that connects workers with legal beefs to local attorney referral networks. The program launches today. In the words of the DOL:
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs has released “Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor: A Toolkit for Responsible Businesses,” the first guide developed by the U.S. government to help businesses combat child labor and forced labor in their global supply chains. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), worldwide there […]
Agricultural employers on the lookout for Fair Labor Standards Act’s child labor regulations for their industry can look no more — a new notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would revise those rules will finally be published in the Federal Register tomorrow. Agricultural employers have been awaiting these rules since final child labor rules for […]