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Consistent Treatment, Documentation Key to Reducing Retaliation Risks

HRWatchdog

Avoid Retaliation Retaliation occurs when an employer takes adverse employment action against an employee for exercising their rights under the law otherwise known as a protected activity. Protected activities include actions like reporting discrimination, harassment, wage issues or unsafe working conditions.

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What You Need to Know About Employment Law Changes in 2025

HR Partner

As we move into 2025, its time to look at the employment law updates that could impact your business. Australia: Prioritizing Work-Life Balance and Safety Right to Disconnect : Employers with 15+ employees must allow workers to ignore work-related communications outside of business hours.

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Resolving Important Issues in HR Audits

PCS

Ensures compliance with employment laws. All documentations should be correct, complete, and up-to-date. Erratic Hiring Practices These can result in discrimination claims, which in turn, leads to a diverse workforce. Aligns activities with overall business goals. Detect gaps in procedures and practices.

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Diversity recruiting: Two heads are better than one

Business Management Daily

Despite identical resume content, over 30 percent of companies in the study discriminated against Black applicants by name alone (one interpretation puts that number over 60 percent). Still, the takeaway is clear: discrimination and bias aren’t always easy to spot or fix. What value comes from diversifying your workforce?

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Hiring Manager: Everything You Need To Know

Peoplebox

Ensure compliance with hiring laws and regulations A hiring manager must make sure that all recruitment practices adhere to employment laws and regulations. For instance, they need to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws and implement fair hiring practices that promote diversity and inclusion.

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Age-Related Litigation, Challenges in Today’s Workplace

HRWatchdog

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber Associate General Counsel Matthew Roberts and Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss age-related litigation and harassment in the workplace. Age Discrimination Laws Both federal and California laws address age discrimination in the workplace, Greene says.

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First impressions of OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

You can provide the CDC’s document Key Things to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines. Report work-related COVID fatalities to OSHA within eight hours of learning about them and work-related COVID in-patient hospitalizations within 24 hours of learning about the hospitalization.