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Building An HR Department: A Step-By-Step Guide

HR Tech Girl

Employee relations. Human resources existence in a company is crucial because they help nurture safe a safe work environment, mitigate risks, resolve issues, and nurture employee productivity and motivation. As a general rule, they should always be concise, easy to understand, and available to all employees.

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Marijuana, Opioids and Disability Discrimination: What Employers Should Know

Cisive

In an era where employers are having to plan for changes in workplace drug testing compliance, primarily due to evolving marijuana laws and our nations opioid crisis, another compliance beast continues to rear confuse employers: Disability Discrimination. Both federal and state laws provide this protection.

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How to document employee performance issues for HR & Managers

Business Management Daily

Following documentation procedures helps to eliminate charges of unfair treatment, favoritism, or discrimination. If a fired employee claims unfair dismissal , employment law values a clear trail of how a company handles performance problems. Obtain the employee’s signature as an acknowledgment.

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Employees: You Need to Read This

HR Bartender

If the company enforces the policy or procedure, then the company can also be liable because the employee wasn’t properly informed of the handbook contents or policy guidelines. So HR doubles down and has the employee not only sign for the handbook but some of the individual policies in the handbook. Show them the handbook.

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3 Steps to Protect Information While Leveraging Social Media

HR Daily Advisor

partner with the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP., and editor of Indiana Employment Law Letter —the rise of social media comes with both pros and cons for employers. In order to help employers reduce the risks associated with social media use, Garrison recommends taking these three steps. Garrison , Esq.—partner

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WIRTW #504 (the “once bitten, twice shy” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

Discrimination. Sexual Harassment has a major impact on NYC employers — via Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions. Age Discrimination Suit Because Job Posting Asked for “No More Than ‘X’ Years of Experience” — via Michigan Employment Law Advisor. If I allow employees to text, what guidelines should I install? —

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HR Department of One: How to Succeed

Analytics in HR

In the United States, a typical milestone number of employees in the growth of a small business is the headcount of 50+ employees. These functions include: workforce planning talent acquisition and recruitment performance management employee relations compensation & benefits learning & development.