AVOID DISCRIMINATORY JOB RECRUITMENT AND ADVERTISING
Aug 02, 2019
Advertising and recruiting of desired applicants are the first steps in the hiring process. Such outreach must not discriminate against members of any "protected class," characteristics shielded by fe...
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ENSURE WORKPLACE LEGAL COMPLIANCE
Aug 01, 2019
2019 Employee Handbook, Hire-to-Fire Forms Over the past two decades, we have developed and refined a “soup-to-nuts” employee handbook and package of basic hire-to-fire forms and policies. Company im...
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HAIRSTYLE DISCRIMINATION BANNED
Jul 11, 2019
New California Law Takes Effect January 1, 2020 California law has long-prohibited workplace racial discrimination against employees and applicants. The state is now the first to link natural hairstyl...
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Cautionary Tales #30
Jul 05, 2019
State Settles Sexual Harassment Case with Cypress Police Department The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) defines sexual harassment as unwanted sexual advances, or visual, verbal or ph...
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Cautionary Tales #28
Jun 27, 2019
EEOC Settles Female Miner Discrimination and Retaliation Case For $690,000 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the $690,000 resolution of its gender-based lawsuit aga...
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DEALING WITH THE WORKPLACE “DEBBIE DOWNER”
Jun 14, 2019
Properly Confronting the Chronically Negative Employee According to Wiktionary.org, a “Debbie Downer” is a “naysayer; one whose negative remarks depress or dissuade others.” Most seasoned managers wi...
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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, CALIFORNIA’S ENDANGERED SPECIES
Jun 07, 2019
Labor Commissioner Broadens Application of Dynamex Decision In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (2018), the California Supreme Court adopted a strict “ABC test” redefining “independent ...
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CAUTIONARY TALES EPISODE #27 – CHOW DOWN
May 23, 2019
Walmart Hit with Six Million Dollar Verdict for "Discouraging" Off-Site Meal Breaks California employers must provide non-overtime-exempt employees unpaid meal break(s) based on the number of hours wo...
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
May 17, 2019
Employers Must Heed Pay Stub Technicalities California employers must accurately list specific wage-related information on each worker’s pay stub per pay period, including but not limited to the compa...
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UNUSUAL JOB INTERVIEWS
May 09, 2019
The New Normal? There appears a growing trend of employers -- nationwide and abroad – implementing unorthodox methods to assess job candidates such as escape rooms, capture the flag, professional “spe...
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