Vibrating Mice and Flowing Seats: A Tale of Ergonomics
Ergonomics is fitting the job to the way the body works. Here are some nifty devices for doing it.
Tag: california hr
A Powerful (and Underused) Weapon to Combat Family Leave Abuses
In yesterday’s CED, we covered some of the rules about family leave certifications in California. Today, we’ll look at a few more, and we’ll also explain why your medical certifications can be a powerful weapon against leave abuses
Confused About Family Leave Certifications?
Confused about family leave certifications in California? If so, you’re not alone—they regularly trip up even the most experienced HR professionals. Read on for a quick rundown of what you need to know.
Has Safety Landed on Your HR Desk Yet?
By Jennifer Carsen, Esq. Just My E-pinion Is safety part of your portfolio yet? In more and more organizations, HR is taking over safety management. Fortunately, HR managers tend to make great safety managers. In fact (don’t tell the safety people), they often do a better job than technical safety experts do.
Do Aggressive Decisions Save Money?
Many employers are now making the unhappy discovery that their finance and operations people made aggressive exempt-status and other wage and hour-related determinations that are coming back to haunt their organizations in the form of big wage and hour lawsuits and payouts. Attorney Kurt A. Franklin of the San Francisco office of Hanson Bridgett, LLP, […]
Brand-New Employees Wanting Family Leave?
Today, another question from the CED mailbag: What to do when a brand-new employee wants to take family leave? Our answer below, along with a special deal on a resource that no California employer should be without.
Is Severance Pay Required?
A subscriber to CEA Online recently wrote us with the following question:
Free Report Friday—Compliance Guide to the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
Leaves under CFRA and FMLA in California are particular challenges for even the most experienced HR professional. Today’s newly updated Compliance Guide to CFRA and FMLA will explain everything you need to know.
The 3 Rules You Should Never Break When Writing Job Descriptions
Writing job descriptions is like going to the dentist. You know you need to do it, and you know it’s good for you, but it’s just no fun. Worse still, if you screw it up (the job descriptions, that is—not the dentist’s visit), you can put your organization at risk for costly job misclassification challenges—or […]
Employers Now Allowed To Email WARN Notifications to EDD
California employers may now submit their WARN notices to the EDD via email. According to the EDD, the goal is to provide employers with a business-friendly option for satisfying WARN requirements. The new email option should also allow for the faster receipt and processing of WARN information by the EDD, which will enable the EDD […]