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?
Employee Handbooks
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fight the entitlement culture and win
Every organization has a few employees like this: People who think their benefits are an entitlement.
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?
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.
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. […]
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.
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?
Manager and subordinate violate policy with secret relationship: What now?
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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.
NLRB: 6 reasons to check your handbook policies now
Here’s a good reason to dust off that employee handbook and re-familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of your policies. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently reviewed an employer’s handbook and issued memoranda, offering guidance on the legality of certain policies. What’s lawful, what’s not While not an official ruling from the NLRB, […]
Oh, great: NLRB's back at it, editing your employee handbook
And the beat goes on: The National Labor Relations Board has stuck its nose into another non-union organization’s employee handbook.
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