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Employee Handbooks

4 reasons to make your benefits info public

Why should you post your benefits info on the web — and not just the company’s intranet system?

by Christian Schappel
August 5, 2010

5 off-the-clock activities that can get employees fired

A lot of employees, especially your troublemakers (you know who they are), think they’re safe when they leave the work premises. They’re not. 

by Christian Schappel
August 19, 2015
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7 things that should never go in a handbook

Employee handbooks are supposed to protect the company. But thanks to these common mistakes, many policy manuals are a lawsuit waiting to happen.

November 11, 2008

Best of HRBenefits: This should never be in an employee handbook

Be careful what you write in employee handbooks. Seemingly innocent mistakes or careless wording can create major liabilities.

by Tim Gould
May 25, 2009

Employee handbooks: Feds spell out what you can, can't include

HR pros may want to take a closer look at their employee handbook — and ASAP.

by Jared Bilski
March 25, 2015
FMLA, employee handbook

Employee handbooks: Is yours keeping pace with the times?

It’s an easy task to overlook. But keeping your employee manual up to date is crucial in today’s ever-shifting maze of workplace rules and regs.

by Tim Gould
March 13, 2015

Employment handbook cuts time to sue — Can you do that?

Employment handbooks are a valuable tool for employers and can be used to set some employer-friendly terms. But there are lines that can’t be crossed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently ruled that an employer went too far when it incorporated a handbook provision that said employees had to file all […]

by Tom D'Agostino
January 27, 2021
Why This Handbook Provision Went Too Far

Fight the entitlement culture and win

Every organization has a few employees like this: People who think their benefits are an entitlement.

by Tim Gould
July 21, 2009

Getting 'em off on the right foot — through social media

OK, you’ve finally hooked the candidate you’ve been coveting for that key position. What’s your plan for getting ’em up to speed — and happy they joined you?

by Tim Gould
May 8, 2013

How this firm's flex-time came back to bite it in disability case

If you’re one of the thousands of companies that offer flex-time, this new disability decision will likely be of special interest.

by Dan Wisniewski
March 13, 2013

It's a jungle out there: Setting up an effective progressive discipline plan

In an ideal – if boring – world, employees would show up for work on time every day, exceed standards in their day-to-day duties, get along perfectly with their bosses and co-workers, and follow every company rule. Alas, we don’t live in an ideal world. And that’s where the concept of progressive discipline comes in. […]

by Tim Gould
September 16, 2016
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Keys to an effective — and legal — employee handbook

Companies change. Their size changes. Their businesses change and get updated. Then shouldn’t their employee handbooks change and get updated? You can do it, and even get help doing it, without breaking the bank.

by Jim Giuliano
February 24, 2010

Lost in translation

  The percentage of employees for whom English is a second language continues to rise. How do you communicate with such employees about their benefits?

by Tim Gould
June 17, 2009

Manager and subordinate violate policy with secret relationship: What now?

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by John Walston
April 30, 2019

NLRB backs employer’s restrictions on social media use

How much control do employers have over their employees’ use of social media? Different considerations are relevant depending on whether the employer is public or private. In a recent ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided that a private employer did not improperly interfere with the rights of its employees when it imposed several […]

by Tom D'Agostino
February 1, 2021
How Much Control Do You Really Have

NLRB takes aim at your handbook's 'at-will' clause

It’s not just social media policies that are drawing the attention of the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB’s also focusing on the “at will” clause contained in many company handbooks.

by Tim Gould
July 20, 2012

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