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CalChamber Podcast: Texting in the Workplace and Other Cautionary Employment Tales

HRWatchdog

Finding novel ways to increase efficiency or prevent workplace harassment can create serious problems for employers if not properly executed or thought out. A Virginia information technology staffing agency made headlines recently for posting a job ad seeking “preferably Caucasian” candidates. No-Touch Workplace.

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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been busy! The case alleged that the employer conducted employment testing, including strength testing, for certain positions that unfairly discriminated against female workers.

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HR Compliance: Engagement, Efficiencies & Integrity

CCI Consulting

It is difficult to measure the value of an organization that is confident in its compliance efforts and not awaiting a costly surprise from a regulatory agency. It is difficult to measure the value of an organization that is confident in its compliance efforts and not awaiting a costly surprise from a regulatory agency.

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3 Strategic Foci for HR in 2018

HR Daily Advisor

There is scarcely time and energy for making improvements and tackling new issues that arise because of technology, business growth, or changing regulatory environments. For a decade, Arizona law has required employers to use the federal E-Verify program for new hires. Strategic focus is a business buzzword these days.

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Conducting an HR Audit – Review, Identify, Improve

CCI Consulting

Essentially, HR audits are an efficient tool used to improve processes like recruitment, retention, onboarding, training, salary and compensation, payroll, performance management, and many more common practices within an HR department. The word “audit” generally elicits the idea that an aspect of the operation is doing something wrong.

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Guide to mandatory overtime: Can you force employees to work long hours?

Homebase

If you’re an employee who isn’t aware of mandatory overtime laws, you may think you can refuse overtime work because of labor regulations prohibiting mandatory overtime. . On the flip side, you may be a busy employer who can’t convince their employees to pick up any overtime shifts. Give your team the tools they deserve.

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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.