Uncategorized HR Tip: Managers are key to culture issues – how to avoid a toxic workplace 12 Dec 20195 Dec 2019 In today's competitive marketplace, it's distressing to hear that one in two workers have seriously thought about leaving their current job. A recent report by the Society for Human Resource…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Supreme Court ruling alerts employers to quickly compare EEOC complaints and lawsuits 4 Sep 201920 Aug 2019 In Fort Bend County v. Lois M. Davis published on June 3, the US Supreme Court ruled that Title VII's charge-filing requirement is a processing rule, not a jurisdictional prescription, and an…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Depression and suicide: a growing workplace worry 12 Aug 201920 Jul 2019 It seems daily there are stories about the growing suicide rate and the national decline in health and mental well-being, particularly among young people. There's no escaping the issue in…
Uncategorized “At-will employee” no defense for firing an employee after reporting a safety hazard 2 Aug 201917 Jul 2019 The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied an employer's motion to vacate a jury's award of punitive damages to a former employee of an iron-casting…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Retaliation tops list of EEOC charges for 8th consecutive year 12 Jun 201912 May 2019 A total of 39,469 retaliation charges were filed with EEOC in fiscal year 2018, which ended on Sept. 28, which accounted for 51.6% of the total charges filed. Retaliation means…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Are you still doing annual performance reviews? 2 Jan 201918 Dec 2018 The farewell to annual performance reviews began in mid-2015 and more and more employers are restructuring their performance management process. In a blog, Nancy Owen, Senior Human Resource Consultant with…
Uncategorized HR Tip: SHRM benefit survey on popular perks30 17 Sep 201815 Aug 2018 aAccording to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) 2018 Employee Benefits Survey the current low level of unemployment is driving employers to beef up their benefits to retain and…
Uncategorized HR Tip: NLRB overturns Obama-era rulings related to joint employment and handbooks 2 Feb 201814 Jan 2018 A newly appointed Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) returned to the standard that companies must have "immediate and direct" control over a worker to be considered…
Uncategorized OSHA watch 25 Sep 201710 Sep 2017 Injury tracking application restored The application launched on Aug. 1, as part of the compliance effort for its controversial electronic record-keeping rule, but a note on the website two weeks…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Can employers terminate employees for off duty activities? 20 Sep 201710 Sep 2017 Following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, there was an active social media campaign to identify protesters and encourage employers to terminate their employment. While the legal consensus seems to be…
