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How To Write And Update Your Employee Handbook For 2021

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Employee Handbooks in 2021: The Definitive Guide. Many business owners overlook the importance of a well-written employee handbook. A good handbook serves many purposes. Is your handbook a useful tool for your company? A strong employee handbook will: Set expectations for new hires. What is an Employee Handbook?

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PODCAST: How to create a sexual harassment policy

The Employer Handbook

Wolfmann [ CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons We’re two-thirds of the way through 2019, and companies continue to allocate significant portions of their legal budgets to addressing #MeToo and issues relating to sexual harassment in the workplace. This isn’t going away any time soon.

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The New HR Rules: Employment law updates for 2020

Business Management Daily

Here’s what you need to know about employment law changes to stay ahead of the curve. Having family-friendly policies can help let an employer stand out as a desirable place to work. Meanwhile, new laws and novel interpretations of old ones require constant handbook and policy updates. Family policies. Pay equity.

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How To Write And Update Your Employee Handbook For 2020

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Employee Handbooks in 2020: The Definitive Guide. Many business owners overlook the importance of a well-written employee handbook. A good handbook serves many purposes. Is your handbook a useful tool for your company? A strong employee handbook will: Set expectations for new hires. What is an Employee Handbook?

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Understand Forced Arbitration Clauses and considerations before use

Business Management Daily

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the option to sue employers isn’t currently available to more than 60 million workers in the United States due to something called forced arbitration. This works by including an arbitration clause in employment contracts. One would think so, but that’s not always the case.

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Compliance Issues, #MeToo Movement Impact Employers

HRWatchdog

Do you have the same compliance concerns as the employers in this survey? Over the past year, employers’ compliance challenges increased significantly thanks to both an uptick in federal employment law enforcement, and the growing “patchwork” of state and local requirements, according to the 2019 Littler Annual Employer Survey.

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How to Prevent an EEOC Investigation

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigates and enforces the nation’s federal equal employment opportunity workplace laws. The laws forbid discrimination based on several legally protected factors, including: Age (40 or older). Sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation).