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How a Recent National Labor Relations Board Ruling Affects Workplace Rules, Employee Handbooks

HRWatchdog

and Teamsters Local 628, and how it affects California employers’ workplace rules and handbooks. This affects work policies that many employers already have in their handbooks, such as personal conduct policies, conflict of interest policies, etc., Stericycle, Inc. In 2014, Teamsters Local 628 challenged Stericycle, Inc.’s

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NLRB: Social Media Policy Can’t Require Employees to Use Real Names

Zenefits

A ban on posts that are discriminatory, harassing, bullying, and unlawful. The NLRB’s memo provides insight into the types of social media work rules that are overbroad under federal law following the 2017 ruling in The Boeing Company. But, several others passed muster. A prohibition on the use of the company’s logo.

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WORKPLACE IMPACT OF #METOO MOVEMENT CONTINUES

HR Workplace Services

With that type of attention and newfound understandings (and definitions) of what harassment and misconduct are, we continue to see the topic echo throughout the halls of the American workplace. The official start date given to the #metoo movement is October 17, 2017. Attorneys Laser-Focused on Client Harassment.

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The Impact of Trust on Corporate Culture

Culture University

” Telling quite a different “trust” story is the online employee reviews from that same company: Upper management gets a pass as the underlings get the scrutiny. They instructed me to do things that were not inline with the company handbook. “Trust is very high as evidenced by our quarterly earnings.”

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Sexual Harassment: The Workplace’s Dirty Little Secret

HR Daily Advisor

Recent headlines have been littered with numerous stories of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and rape. Sexual harassment text on cardboard. Sadly, sexual harassment is so pervasive that we sometimes don’t see it. Harvey Weinstein. Silicon Valley. Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes of Fox News. Mark Halperin.

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Uber Is Triumphant In California Misclassification Case

ACA Times

That confusion continued in the Los Angeles courts in 2016 when an Uber driver Yosef Eisenberg attempted to recoup for damages stemming from several deactivations from Uber including low driver ratings, overcharging, and even sexual harassment. On February 21, 2017, Eisenberg’s claims were dismissed.

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The state of HR: What should be keeping you up at night?

HR Morning

While HR pros are a little less worried about the ACA and DOL enforcement than in previous years, thanks to the effects of the #MeToo movement and an uptick in sexual harassment lawsuits, a number of other workplace issues have them concerned. updated their HR policies or handbooks (38%), and. To view the full report, visit.