Category: Managing Employees

With all the changes to labor law over the past couple of years, one that has flown under the radar is the California mandate that requires employers to offer workplace retirement savings to their employees.
This summer has been especially hot and, as always, Cal-OSHA is serious about employers taking an active role in preventing heat illness.
If you had to perform layoffs during COVID, you might have to offer the next position you create to former employees first. Are you prepared?
Sick people shouldn't try to work, and their supervisors shouldn't allow them to.
Be a Zoom master! Keep your remote meeting professional, to-the-point, and friendly with these etiquette tips.
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Two controversial bills passed the California Assembly on Monday—AB 84 and SB 95, and at the heart of each is, yet again, COVID-19 leave.
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California employees must receive 30-minute meal periods—and a new ruling says that rounding those breaks is not allowed.
Does your sexual harassment policy cover the less-blatant forms of harassment? Here are some less obvious examples you should consider.
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You should expect productivity from your employees—but you shouldn't have to babysit them to keep them on track.
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Workplace-related litigation is a destructive, expensive process, and never a win. Here's why (and how) you should avoid it.