Can Your Employees Call “911” directly from the company phone? If not, you are in violation of Kari’s Law! Multi-line phone systems must allow direct […]

Understanding the definitions of a Hostile Work Environment and Workplace Harassment HARASSMENT means different things in different settings to different people. People will often say […]

Dear HR, We just received our first possible sexual harassment complaint. One of our female dockworkers was loading some inventory when a male employee came […]

A little thoughtfulness and sensitivity go a long way to preventing HR mishaps! The holiday season is a time when business owners want to reward […]

Dear HR, We are going to be laying off employees sporadically throughout the winter. We won’t be able to predict precisely when because our business […]

Clarifying your company policy on various time-off claims is essential! What is it … sick time, family leave, paid time off, or just a non-paid […]

Dear HR, One of our new hires failed to follow appropriate call-in policy before missing work.  We are aware that they had a death in […]

California residents are without power due to the PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shutoff program.  As a business owner affected by these outages, do you send […]

The World of Employee Benefits is Evolving   Employees usually say that the most important things they want in a job first and foremost is […]

Dear HR: My employee is being tested for cancer. While there is a definite cancer diagnoses – my employee’s doctors are still doing tests to […]