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On-line Employee Handbooks
What should you keep in mind when posting employee handbooks on your Intranet? First, move your disclaimers to make it clear that the employee reads them and acknowledges them. You can …
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Beware Bans on Pay Discussions Among Employees
Does your handbook have a policy that prohibits employees from discussing how much you pay them? If so, get rid of it.
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Small Firms Seeking Big-Company HR Needs Turn to Professional Employer Organizations
… operations, he said, "would not be interested" in many aspects of TriNet's "infrastructure," such as its employee handbooks , recruitment services and employee liability insurance. "They're not going to sue themselves," said Goldfield …
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The “I”s Have It: NLRB Says Don't Shred Those At-Will Disclaimers Just Yet
… a binding and enforceable contract. Consider the following three at-will disclaimers, taken from real, live employee handbooks : I further agree that the at-will employment relationship cannot be amended, modified or altered in any way …
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NLRB Issues Employee Notification Rule
Private-sector employers with workplaces under NLRB jurisdiction (all but the smallest companies) will be required to post the employee rights notice on bulletin boards in the same area that other notices are typically posted.
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NLRB Issues Employee Notification Rule
Private-sector employers with workplaces under NLRB jurisdiction (all but the smallest companies) will be required to post the employee rights notice on bulletin boards in the same area that other notices are typically posted. The rollout has been postponed until Jan. 31, 2012.
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Employer Health Care Reform Law Communication Mandate Delayed
The proposed rules would require employers to provide employees with an 'easy-to-understand' summary of benefits and coverage and, upon request, a glossary of commonly used health care coverage terms, such as deductible and copay.
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Recent Settlements Should Alert Employers
… tracking programs may provide for increased accuracy of time recording. Employers should also ensure that their employee handbooks and policies are updated regularly to comply with the law, and that employees, management and human resources …
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Employers and the Prevention of Workplace Violence
… disposal. Lawyers, human resource professionals or management consultants can help in drawing up guidelines such as employee handbooks and policies to maintain a harmonious workforce. Ongoing monitoring and sensitive communication with employees is …
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Dusting Off the Employee Handbook
… discrimination policies with reporting procedures: Employee handbooks provide an excellent means of conveying the ..... thing as too long, particularly when it comes to employee handbooks . As you draft your revisions, legal counsel should …
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Employment At Will, An Idea Whose Time Has Come -- And Gone
… writing descriptive language in employee handbooks and employmentapplications. We ..... relationship by stating clearly, in employee handbooks , employmentapplications, and ..... letters,application forms or employee handbooks , and the decisions that …
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Extranets Linking Employees With Your Vendors
… including information traditionally contained in employee handbooks , paper-based directories and newsletters ..... now, the biggest benefits to HR come from placing employee handbooks and directories online, and eliminating paperwork …
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Intranets How to Move to the Next Step
… generation intranets are changing the online equation: First-Generation Intranets: Next-Generation Intranets: Employee handbooks and directories. Employee communication and newsletters posted as text files. Streaming audio and video for orientation …
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Censored! 'Free' Speech at Work
… enjoy unmitigated free-speech rights. Courts in many states, it seems, have held that assurances outlined in employee handbooks can be enforceable as contracts. "Some companies have even gone so far as to revise their handbooks so they don …
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Courts Disagree on Using Paid Leave for Unpaid FMLA
… allows only prospective notice. It also presumably prefers individual notices to employees for each leave even where employee handbooks or other written policies clearly state the employer has already adopted a concurrent leave substitution policy …
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Negotiating the Workplace Privacy Minefield
… can also help a companyestablish the express or implied consent exception to an ECPA claim. First and foremost, employee handbooks should inform employees as to what constitutesinappropriate usage of the company computer. The policies should …
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Intranet Classified Section Raises Issues
… board itself. In addition, include the policy with other workplace policies, such as in orientation packets and employee handbooks . All rules and restrictions should be a part of written rules. Establish screening procedures. If notices must …
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Companies Look to Protect Themselves as Employee Fraud Spreads
… statement on what will happen in the event of a government or company inquiry. As with other policies, it belongs in employee handbooks , and employees could be asked to sign statements acknowledging that they understand and agree that the company …
