In light of recent wildfires across Southern California, employers should make sure they are familiar with California’s wildfire smoke standard.
This article discusses how employers can prepare to protect their employees from harmful air quality from wildfire smoke.
The article provides an overview of President Trump's executive order (EO) titled
“Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to
the Federal Government.” This article also offers key takeaways for higher education institutions.
With the advent and proliferation of social media, employers and HR managers may need to reassess how they approach workplace harassment claims as a result of the virtual world in which today’s workforce operates.
This article discusses a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision (Okonowsky v. Merrick Garland) involving outside-of-work social media posts giving rise to a sexually hostile work environment claim.
This guide covers common issues in franchise laws and regulations across 19 jurisdictions. Topics covered include competition law, real estate, and protecting the brand.
This article discusses the trends, techniques, and tools to practically address the multistate employment law challenge of complying with the vastly contrasting laws across the states, the considerations for employee onboarding, state tax compliance, employment termination, and much more.
To say compliance is a challenge for employers facing increasingly stringent pay transparency, pay reporting, and pay equity requirements is an understatement.
This article explores the issues in setting and publicizing salaries that meet your organization’s goals and legal requirements as well as recent trends in enforcement.
While employers know to have comprehensive anti-discrimination and harassment policies in place, having workplace policies supporting employees who choose to transition their gender is also important.
This article discusses how to effectively navigate the laws surrounding employees’ civil rights and religious freedom while maintaining a safe and respectful workplace.
This checklist provides considerations for initiating internal investigation in a corporate setting.
It covers key steps such as assessing the need for an investigation, defining its scope, selecting supervisors, preserving documents, and conducting interviews.
This article delves into the evolving landscape of social media investigations, covering best practices, legal frameworks, and strategic solutions to help employers conduct effective fact-finding and manage their workforce in the digital era.
Check out these three checklists to help avoid hiring problem employees, manage those toxic employees already in your workplace, and fully document conduct and behavior in response to a charge or litigation brought by a problem employee.