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Laws And Regulations Every HR Professional Should Know In 2023

Empuls

HR departments must promptly revise company policies to reflect these changes and should also engage in comprehensive training programs to ensure that staff are educated about these shifts in policy. The role of Human Resources (HR) is becoming more complex and multifaceted. Changes in labor laws 1.

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Did You Fire for Cause or Out of Retaliation?

Zenefits

A retaliatory employment action affects the terms and conditions of employment (demotion, termination, failure to promote, harassment or intimidation, discipline, denial of leave, refusal to grant an accommodation, etc.) Among the long list of possible retaliatory actions employers take are: Laying people off. How employers retaliate.

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What do HR managers need to know about the EEOC’s initiative to eliminate workplace harassment?

Sage HRMS

HR manager software can help a human resource professional better manage payroll, training and time off. One of these government initiatives includes ending workplace harassment. What constitutes as harassment and what role does the EEOC play? Harassment doesn't have to come from a higher-up.

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5th Circuit Assures Employer That Some Good Deeds Do Go Unpunished

HR Daily Advisor

Although disability-based harassment/hostile work environment claims have been recognized by the courts for a while, they aren’t very common. In 2013, Harper experienced additional health problems due to complications from the kidney transplant. Harper did not provide any medical updates until December 11, 2013.