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2024 Mid-Year Legal Updates: How to Comply with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 

MP Wired For HR

The PWFA is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. This law expands upon the protections offered by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by focusing on accommodations rather than simply prohibiting discrimination.

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How to Prevent Retaliation in the Workplace: An HR’s Guide

Analytics in HR

Under the EEO laws, it is prohibited to punish job candidates or employees “for asserting their rights to be free from employment discrimination, including harassment.” The FY 2020 data show that retaliation remained the most frequently cited claim in charges filed with the agency. Retaliation in the workplace is illegal.

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Your Employee Handbook Checklist for 2020 (With Free Download!)

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Download the Workest Employee Handbook Checklist. While the task of creating or updating an employee handbook might seem daunting for a small business (really, who has the time?), Employee handbooks put your policies in writing and outline expectations for your employees. if you terminate an employee). An introduction.

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4 key steps to maintaining HR compliance

HRExecutive

1, 2020, or will do so later this year. In addition, new paid-sick-leave laws, mandates on sexual-harassment training and anti-discrimination laws are springing up coast to coast. Gone are the days of printing your employee handbook and expecting it to get you through the year with just a few minor addendums. Advertisement.

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Everything You Need to Build Your Employee Handbook

Zenefits

The employee handbook is the holy grail of workplaces, and every employer should have one, regardless of size. However, many small businesses — especially those with fewer than 10 employees — do not have an employee handbook. And many of those that do have a handbook fail to update it. What goes in an employee handbook?

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Pay Transparency 101: Four Ways Your Company Will Benefit 

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Increased Trust and Engagement : Promotes fairness: Pay transparency can help to reduce suspicions of pay discrimination by demonstrating that compensation is based on objective criteria. Regulatory Environment Gender and pay equity: There are many laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender in terms of pay and benefits.

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What actually happens if the EEOC thinks we discriminated against an employee? ??

The Employer Handbook

Imagine not only facing a Charge of Discrimination that one of your employees has filed with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission but also enduring an investigation where the EEOC ultimately concludes there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination has occurred. Image by Ohmydearlife from Pixabay. Conciliation.