OSHA issues guidelines to ensure restroom access for transgender workers
Discrimination & Harassment
OSHA issues guidelines to ensure restroom access for transgender workers

There's been an increased focus on providing special benefits to transgender individuals in the workplace. Consistent with that trend, on June 1, the Occupational Safety…

Form of the Week: Interview Evaluation Form
Employment Law & HR Topics
Form of the Week: Interview Evaluation Form

Click the link below to view the form of the week! Additional forms and guidelines like these can be downloaded from our online forms library at…

FMLA- 4 Don'ts
Employee Benefits
FMLA- 4 Don'ts

Do not penalize an employee for increasing requests for or use of, FLMLA-qualifying leave. Point-based progressive disciplinary policies (such as no-fault attendance policies) may simplify…

OR LAWlert: Oregon Employers Required to Provide Bereavement Leave
Employee Benefits
OR LAWlert: Oregon Employers Required to Provide Bereavement Leave

by Calvin Keith Oregon will become the first state in the nation to require employers to provide bereavement leave when House Bill 2950 takes effect…

URGENT CA: California Employer Arbitration Agreements May Require Waiver of a Berman Hearing
Employment Law & HR Topics
URGENT CA: California Employer Arbitration Agreements May Require Waiver of a Berman Hearing

In Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno (2011) 51 Cal.4th 659 (Sonic I), a California Court of Appeals ruled that it is contrary to public policy…

CA UPDATE: A Dress Code Can Result In Major Legal Claims
Discrimination & Harassment
CA UPDATE: A Dress Code Can Result In Major Legal Claims

WASHINGTON (Sept 2013) — a federal judge in California ruled last   week that clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. discriminated against a Muslim employee on religious grounds,…

CA UPDATE: New Workers Comp. Law Effective 10/08/10
California
CA UPDATE: New Workers Comp. Law Effective 10/08/10

Effective October 8, 2010, California employers must comply with new workers' compensation posting requirements as a result of recently passed regulations. All California employers must…

PUT THE “HUMAN” BACK IN HUMAN RESOURCES: Watch your profitability & productivity soar!
Employment Law & HR Topics
PUT THE “HUMAN” BACK IN HUMAN RESOURCES: Watch your profitability & productivity soar!

I hear it from employers all the time, “What a waste of time. I’m not their babysitter. I pay them a salary what more do…