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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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EEOC releases sexual harassment stats one year after #MeToo

HR Morning

It’s been a year since countless stories of workplace sexual harassment started making headlines, and new data suggests the number of harassment complaints and lawsuits won’t be declining any time soon. . Visits to the sexual harassment page of the EEOC’s website went up more than 100%.

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How to Handle Workplace Investigations: A Guide for California Employers

Zenefits

In addition, employers have to contend with a state legislature that has been quite active of over the past several years. They also have to content with a regulator, the California Industrial Welfare Commission, whose regulations have the force of law. Ignoring complaints has led to expensive legal actions for employers.

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Handling sexual harassment when the offender’s the big boss

HR Morning

How should you respond if an employee accuses one of your company’s leaders of sexual harassment? Progressive Women’s Leadership shares important insights in its e-guide, “ Women Leaders Share What’s Working: New Ways to Prevent Sexual Harassment.”. Give employees multiple outlets to report harassment.

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Governor Newsom Signs New 2020 Employment Laws

HRWatchdog

Employers need to be aware of a few significant new 2020 employment laws that may affect their daily business operations, policies and employees. Banning Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements: AB 51 attempts to effectively ban mandatory arbitration agreements with employees. Superior Court of Los Angeles.

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Facebook invites HR pros to steal its sexual harassment policy

HR Morning

In the wake of surging workplace sexual harassment allegations across all industries, Facebook is taking a drastic step. This is notable because companies — particularly giant tech companies — rarely make their internal policies and documents public. Policy, training, investigation process & more.

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Estimated Time on HR: Employee Relations & Compliance Tasks

Stratus

And, oftentimes, employment laws and compliance requirements dictate how you should handle those disputes. . When you are in the thick of developing a new initiative, responding to employees, handling tricky people situations, or researching applicable laws, you may wonder if you are spending too much time on each task.