On Friday’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour — catch the replay here if you missed it — we talked about 2022 changes in the law that could impact 2023 updates to your employee handbook. One talked briefly about how the pendulum at the National Labor Relations…
I don’t know about you, but the COVID-19 pandemic has warped my sense of timing. Still, it seems like a lot happened in 2022 that warrants some discussion about how employers should revise their employee handbooks for 2023. Covering 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico seems ambitious;…
Are you ready for the employment law changes that 2023 has in store for your company? If you’ve been thinking about updating your employee handbook and onboarding documents but don’t know where to begin (or end), we’ve got you, fam. Join me and my employment law partners, Christina Bost Seaton,…
I was skeptical whether readers of this blog — mostly HR professionals and attorneys — would register for this week’s edition of The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour about … cybersecurity?!? You proved me wrong. A few hundred of you have already signed up. And there’s still time to…
Shout out to the National Labor Relations Board — specifically, the Board’s General Counsel. The timing of yesterday’s announcement of her new memo to protect employees, to the greatest extent possible, from intrusive or abusive electronic monitoring and automated management practices was **chef’s kiss** It came just after I announced…
Last year, data breaches exposed 22 billion records, and the average cost of a hacking incident will run your business about $4.35 million. Yet, only half of companies have cybersecurity plans, and even fewer train their employees. Employers need help. So, where do you even begin? Let’s start with Cybersecurity…
I got an email last night from a U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission Commissioner. That email explained why the new “Know Your Rights” Poster that the EEOC touted in a new release was nowhere to be found for much of the day yesterday. The EEOC uploaded a version of…
Oooooh…this one is going to be really good! There’s usually a certain formula when I invite other attorneys to join me to chat on The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Happy Hour. We pick an employment law topic, dissect it for an hour, and sprinkle in some audience Q&A. For example,…
With Summer winding down, it’s time to knock the dust off my Zoom Pro account, pour a beverage, and bring back The Employer Handbook Zoom Happy Hour. Most of you know the drill. But I’ll explain for the newer subscribers. On Fridays, often flanked by a FisherBroyles partner or another…
Think of all the personal, sensitive information that an individual shares with you just to have the opportunity to earn a living as an employee of your company. As part of onboarding, new employees provide their home address, social security number, bank and financial account numbers for direct deposit, insurance…