After 18 months of work examining the myriad and complex issues associated with harassment in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace has issued a comprehensive 88-page report. The report stresses the importance a workplace culture in which harassment […]
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29
Jul
2016
Mid-Year Federal Poster Updates–Get Yours Now!
The US Department of Labor has announced 2 revisions to their posters. Please be sure that you post the July 2016 versions of the Employee Polygraph Protection Act poster, https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf, and the Fair Labor Standards Act poster, https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/minwage.pdf. And do it right away–the new posters are mandatory as of August […]
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05
Jun
2016
What You Should Know about EEOC Regulations, Subregulatory Guidance and other Resource Documents
Here’s a nifty guide from our friends at the EEOC (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USEEOC/bulletins/1477f8c) What You Should Know about EEOC Regulations, Subregulatory Guidance and other Resource Documents EEOC issues regulations, guidance and resource documents to implement federal workplace discrimination laws, help employees and employers understand their rights and obligations, and inform the public […]
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18
Feb
2016
Workplace Violence: Be Prepared, Not Paranoid
You’d like to think it would never happen, but you know that it can. Assaults, stabbings, even shootings can occur at your workplace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics about 5% of all workplaces experience an incident of violence every year. The FBI says that there is an active […]
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04
May
2015
New OSHA Poster–Update Yours Today!
On April 28, 2015, OSHA unveiled a new version of its “Job Safety and Health – It’s The Law!” poster. All employers–no matter how small–must display the poster in a conspicuous place where workers can see it. The newly designed poster informs workers of their right to request an OSHA […]
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