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HR Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide

Analytics in HR

Matters such as turnover, employee burnout, employee relations, workplace conflict and harassment, and lack of employee engagement all have the potential to negatively impact the company and prevent it from thriving. Let’s dive into all you need to know about HR risk management. Contents What is HR risk management?

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Employment law update: Harassment training, Labor Class protections

Business Management Daily

Final statewide sexual harassment policy and training guidelines have finally been issued in New York, and the rules differ significantly in several important ways. The post Employment law update: Harassment training, Labor Class protections appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Creating Safe & Respectful Workplace: Dealing with Misconduct

EmployeeConnect

From sexual harassment to bullying and discrimination, misconduct not only harms the victims, but also creates a toxic work environment that can lead to decreased productivity, increased turnover, and damage to the company’s reputation. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This lead to emotional distress and trauma for the victim.

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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.” Not only can workplace retaliation contribute to a toxic work environment, it can also lead to lawsuits. How to prevent retaliation in the workplace.

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5 tips to support transgender employees in the workplace

Business Management Daily

Transgender people often experience discrimination, harassment, and a lack of understanding, including from their work colleagues and bosses. This can include guidelines for transitioning on the job, restroom and locker room access, dress codes, and pronouns. Develop policies that explicitly address transgender employees.

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Is Human Resources Having an Identity Crisis?

Abel HR

Legal Eagle While an HR representative should never take the place of actual legal counsel, of all the folks in the office, they should have the best understanding of employment laws in your company! To make sense of the way that children grow and develop, theorist Erik Erikson identified a series of stages of psychosocial development.

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How to Create an Employee Handbook: 7 Key Components

Extensis

Here are seven key items to include in your employee handbook, and how a professional employer organization (PEO) can help small businesses create and maintain this essential document. Company missions and values Your company’s mission and value statements should be front and center within your employee handbook.