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Common Accident Causes are Frequently Linked to Poor Employee Discipline

by Jesse Denton in Human Resources, Safety & Security. Posted March 27, 2014

Did you know that over 80 out of every 100 accidents are the fault of the person involved in the incident? It’s true. Unsafe acts cause four times as many accidents as unsafe conditions. Accidents occur for many reasons. In many situations, people tend to look for “things” or reasons to blame when an accident ...

State of the Unions – New Tactics Target Unorganized Workers

by Matthew Korn in Human Resources. Posted March 6, 2014

If you’ve been following the news, you probably realize that it has been a busy year for organized labor. The percentage of unionized workers in the private sector has fallen to historic lows, leaving unions with fewer dues-paying members, and motivating them to adopt new tactics to stem the decline. Exploiting a more favorable environment created by recent ...

International Dismissal Toolkit: Individual Employment Terminations

by Don Dowling in Human Resources. Posted January 26, 2014

International Dismissal Toolkit: Individual Employment Terminations Firing an employee in the United States can be a challenge. Group firings — reductions-in-force — can be an even bigger challenge. And from the point of view of a multinational headquartered in the United States, overseas individual dismissals and “collective redundancies” can be an intractable challenge. We often ...

NLRB Finally Punts on Rule Requiring Posting of Right to Unionize Notice

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources. Posted January 20, 2014

In several prior issues of the Employment Law Insider Alert, we have reported on the ups and downs of the efforts of the National Labor Relations (“NLRB” or “Board”) to require almost all private sector employers to post an 11-inch by 17-inch notice in the workplace advising employees of their right to form and join a ...

What Hotel Leadership Should Know About the Emerging Trend of Assault and Battery Claims

by Michael Elkon in Human Resources, Legal, Safety & Security. Posted January 16, 2014

Ask nearly any leader in the hotel industry and/or their HR manager for the definition of a “hostile work environment,” and they will have a pretty solid answer. That’s because many of them have had to handle employee claims for illegal harassment. Further, these leaders, for the most part, have dealt with such employee issues ...

Wash Your *!&# Hands! Employers And The Flu

by Howard Mavity in Featured, Human Resources, Safety & Security. Posted January 6, 2014

Almost 4.1 million employees missed work due to illnesses like the flu last January, which was the most since 2008. Even worse, the four-month peak season lasted through March, so the numbers continued to add up. Some years, absences during that four-month period ran at 3.8 million a month, for a whopping total of 15+ ...

The 2013 Employment Law Year in Review

by Richard Meneghello in Human Resources. Posted December 23, 2013

It’s pretty common each December to take stock and look back at the year that is ending, whether it’s recounting the happy times and counting one’s blessings, or reliving the disappointments and ruing over the regrets (and sometimes a bit of both). The world of employment law is no different. Now that 2013 is all ...

That Contractor May Be Your Employee

by Kathleen Pohlid in Featured, Human Resources. Posted December 9, 2013

Employers tempted to outsource work to independent contractors in order to curb payroll costs should carefully consider the legal implications before doing so. Such arrangements are likely to violate the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as well as federal tax and state laws. Employers who violate the FLSA face liability for payment of back wages ...

Increases to Minimum Wage by West Coast States Are On the Up and Up

by Joy Ellis in Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Lodging. Posted November 27, 2013

As fast food workers across the country stage walkouts in a push for a $15 hourly wage and the Obama administration renews its call to boost the federal minimum wage, states on the left coast have already embraced employee-friendly increases. Oregon, the state with the second-highest minimum wage in the country, announced last week that ...

How to Serve Alcohol at a Company Party Without Getting Sued

by Thomas Posey in Featured, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal. Posted November 25, 2013

With the holidays right around the corner, many businesses will host festive company outings and events for their employees, including parties at the office—and often these celebrations include alcohol. Employers need to understand the legal parameters of having alcohol in the workplace in order to establish a safe, responsible and enjoyable work environment for their ...

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