Compliance and Legal

Drafting and continuously updating employee policies can be a tiresome and thankless chore. Securing a budget to retain legal counsel to review the policies and to present personal training sessions can be a challenge for Human Resource professionals. How do employers and HR professionals calculate the long‐term savings associated with ensuring legally compliant, customized policies and professional, interactive training? Read more...

Every employer has or should have an invested interest in ensuring that the people they hire will be the type of employees that will not subject their organization to avoidable criminal activity, violence from follow employees and the public from endangering conduct.

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1) Question: Are blue collar workers protected from losing overtime pay?

Answer: Yes. For the first time, blue collar workers’ overtime is guaranteed in the rule.

For the first time in the history of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the “white collar” exemptions explicitly spell out that “blue collar” workers are not subject to the overtime exemptions.
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On October 20, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a hearing on employer use of credit history as tool to screen candidates for employment.  The purpose of the hearing, according to an EEOC press release, was to gather information on the practice of using credit histories as employment screening devices, a practice that “could unfairly exclude” some people from job opportunities.

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Some of the laws administered by DOL require that employers post certain notices in their workplaces in order to ensure their employees have access to information about their rights. DOL provides all required posters free of charge.

Posting requirements vary by law. Not all employers are covered by each of DOL's laws, thus not all employers may have to post a specific notice. Requirements depend on factors such as nature and location of business, number of employees, annual dollar volume and whether the organization has federal contracts or subcontracts. Read more...