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Beware the byte: Will your digital records cut it in court?

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    HR recordkeeping: What you need to hang on to, and for how long

    Responsible HR recordkeeping starts long before any job candidate walks through the door the first time, and doesn’t end until long after the person leaves. Myriad employment laws force you to keep all kinds of documents for varying periods — …

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    Docking pay for exempt employees: What’s allowed?

    Don’t feel bad if you have trouble understanding the pay-docking rules laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The regs are pretty murky. As a rule of thumb, FLSA doesn’t permit deductions from exempt employees. The regs state that …

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    Do’s and don’ts to make performance reviews actually mean something

    Everybody hates performance reviews. That’s a given. But there are ways to move them out of the “dreaded chore” category into the file titled “engagement tools.” Performance reviews are often badly done and and serve to de-motivate employees – or …

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    Category Articles

    Employment Law

    UPDATE: Record EEOC jury award is slashed under fed damage limits

    A record $240 million damages award to 32 disabled employees of an Iowa turkey processing…

    Discrimination & Harassment

    A 5-step plan for avoiding pregnancy bias claims

    Here’s a handy guide on how you and your managers can steer clear of discrimination…

    Healthcare Reform

    A quick guide to telling your people what they need to know about health reform

    It’s not easy to explain the ins-and-outs of healthcare reform to confused employees. Here’s a…

    Management

    How managers can move workers from ‘transactional’ to ‘engaged’

    So we’re all agreed: Engaged employees are the key to every organization’s success. But engaging…

    Hiring & Recruiting

    Writing job postings: Three pitfalls to avoid

    With the right job posting, you might find the perfect candidates who can take your…

    Pay and Benefits

    Heads up: Federal paid sick leave law back on the table

    A recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that about 40% of the…

    Retention & Turnover

    Staffer’s own Facebook photos proved FMLA abuse

    When it comes to abusing FMLA leave, this employee failed in a particularly funny way…

    Unions

    NLRB roundup: Court strikes down notice requirement

    Looks like you’re not going to have to put up that pro-union poster after all.…