Wouldn’t we like to know if a potential applicant has ever criticized a former employer, or whether their online presence gives evidence of illegal activity or violent, discriminatory or unethical behavior? Or just poor judgment? What if they belong to political groups, like the Tea Party or the ACLU?
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If you are employing piece-rate employees who don’t get paid for downtime, California Courts have just given you a piece of their minds.
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Picture this scenario: you run a private residential facility for abused children. Late one night, one of your computers is used to access pornographic web-sites and other inappropriate material in violation of several well-publicized workplace policies. After further investigation, you learn that the inappropriate computer usage occurred on several occasions, but was limited to that one computer, which is located in an office shared by two day-shift employees in the administrative building. Several employees have access to the building and could have used the computer on the nights in question. Concerned that the culprit might be a staff member who works with the children, you hatch the perfect plan to catch him or her: place a hidden camera in the office! Of course, you don’t want to publicize its placement. That would defeat the purpose and the guilty party would simply find another computer to use. Besides, you plan to activate the camera only at night, several hours after the day shift has left the facility. The daytime occupants of the office won’t care that it’s there. Genius!
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If commissions are earned during a workweek that includes overtime (i.e., work beyond eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week), such commissions are subject to the premium pay requirements.
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Imagine this scene: The lead story on the evening news discusses a man who walked into his place of employment and started shooting, injuring several employees and killing one. Media representatives fan out into the perpetrator’s neighborhood to do a background story on this man. Neighbors describe him as “a regular guy” as they express their shock. They figure he must have just “snapped.” This is a very common myth.
Tags: workplace violence, violence, violence in the workplace, fighting in the workplace, bullying in the workplace, HR Allen Consulting Services, HR Informant, HR Allen
Almost one in four workers (23 percent) who took part in a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com reported being asked to perform tasks that fell well outside the “job related” category.
The survey turned up many interesting and unusual requests made by bosses, including:
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California has over 5.9 million small businesses and majority of the owners are unaware of some of the compliance requirement set forth by Cal/OSHA. Some of the most avoidable fines can range from $5000 - $7000. Cal/OSHA released their Top 25 Most Cited Violations when inspectors visit California businesses. We have taken this data and created an eBook that can help you avoid the #1 most cited violation from Cal/OSHA.
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In 2010, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch, claiming that the company refused to hire an applicant because the applicant wore a hijab – an Islamic religious head scarf.
Recently, a federal court denied Abercrombie’s motion asking for the case to be dismissed prior to trial.
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On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the revised Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9, and published a notice in the Federal Register.
In the initial announcement, USCIS described when employers can no longer use prior versions of Form I-9. USCIS incorrectly described the effective date as being after May 7, 2013.
USCIS published a correction notice in the Federal Register. This notice corrects the error and clarifies that beginning May 7, 2013, employers may no longer use prior versions of the Form I-9.
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