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While Employee handbooks are not required by law, they are a best practice for an organization. Handbooks clearly convey policies and help protect companies from litigation. Employee handbooks are an essential part of effective human resources (HR) management and positive employee relations. Handbooks can also play a critical role in demonstrating employment law compliance. While
In California, there are four different types of employment-protected leave that an employee may qualify for during and after their pregnancy, most of which can be taken consecutively. Although employers are not required to pay their employees during these leaves, most California employees are likely to qualify to receive California state disability insurance payments during
People’s increasing inability to disconnect from the online world is often connected to “FOMO” or “fear of missing out,” which is also a great way to describe small business owners’ own dread of not using social media effectively to promote their work. While there are a multitude of social media marketing strategies, for printers and
When most people think about job safety and hazards in the workplace, they think about construction and manufacturing work environments. Office hazards are either forgotten or ignored because the general assumption is that they are minor when compared to those in more labor-intensive work environments. But, office work environments often have some of the same
A federal court has ruled that an insurer’s professional liability policy must pay out $6 million for a company’s losses from a business e-mail compromise scam, even though the business lacked cyber coverage. The ruling is part of a growing trend of businesses that haven’t purchased cyber insurance seeking coverage for cyber-related losses from other
U-Haul International Inc. made a big splash recently when it announced that, starting Feb. 1, 2020, it would not hire nicotine users in the 21 states where barring someone for the habit is legal. While its decision made headlines since it’s a national company, more and more employers have been opting to forgo hiring people
New Cal/OSHA regulations will require employers to provide access to their injury and illness prevention programs upon request. Under the new rule, which is expected to take effect in April, employers will be required to provide a copy of their IIPP within five days upon an employee’s or an employee’s representative’s (a lawyer’s) request. The
One of the most perilous times for a company in an employment relationship is when a worker is leaving. Departing employees have taken customer lists, vendor lists and sometimes company secrets on the way out the door, whether they were laid off, fired or quit on their own. This unethical, and sometimes illegal, time-honored tradition
We are reminding employers to post OSHA Form 300A from Feb. 1 to April 30, as required by law. Form 300A, which lists a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year, must be posted in a conspicuous place where it is visible to all of your employees. The summary
A new study has found that workers who are provided with paid sick leave are less likely to suffer workplace injuries than those without access to such leave. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that private sector workers with access to paid sick leave were 28% less likely to suffer
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