During the pandemic, many businesses allowed their employees to work from home as a matter of safety. Now, remote work has become the norm. However, it can be tough to...
Compliance is a top concern for small business owners. There is a variety of sensitive data that business owners need to safeguard including proprietary business...
At least half of my legal practice is serving as outside labor-and-employment counsel for small to midsize businesses. And, increasingly, much of that practice is...
Hiring the right people is crucial to the success of any business, and the best way to do that is by casting a wide net during your search for new hires. The more people...
Sophia planned to wait until later in her pregnancy to announce the news to people at her office, but she believes most of them already suspected. Needing to run to the...
I’ve been through lots of employer training. There was the afternoon course over several weeks teaching new hires how to write according to the company’s style...
Out of sight, out of mind is a poor strategy for managing employees who work remotely. Yes, they’re model employees, which is why you’ve agreed to let them continue...
Terminating employees, particularly involuntarily, is a part of the job that most business owners and HR managers dread. Firing or laying off staff members is a tough...
While the data on long-COVID numbers are still inconclusive, most are in agreement that these long-lasting effects of the virus are causing significant issues for...
On May 5th, the Department of Labor recently hosted a listening session on how much salary employees must earn to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and if that...
Sometimes events don’t converge, they diverge. Monday, a federal court ruled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority by requiring masks...
In this competitive hiring environment, you may need to be a little less picky about the applicants you accept. For an increasing number of employers, that includes...
Federal & State regulations have increased more this year than in previous years. When it comes to poster compliance, there have been federal and statewide poster...
Terminating an employee is an unpleasant yet sometimes necessary responsibility as part of the Human Resources team. It is also a vital part of the job, however, and...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to how applicants are hired and work. We saw a huge uptick in the number of employees and new hires who worked fully from home...
Financial pressure can come from lots of different directions. Surely you’re not responsible if employees blow their paychecks and then some on expensive stuff....
Joining the EEOC, which issued guidance on covid-related retaliation last December, the Department of Labor has now issued its own guidance on retaliation. It traverses...
Even today, more than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and COVID-19 vaccinations became readily available, a single employee with a coronavirus infection can...
An older gentleman comes in for a job interview. In the interest of making polite conversation and getting to know the applicant better, you ask if he has any...
