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Bulletin: ERI wins 11th editorial award
July 2009
The Employer Resource Institute, publisher of California Employer Advisor and the Cal/OSHA Compliance Advisor, has just won a second-place award from the Specialized Information Publishers Foundation in the category of "Best Instructional Reporting." The award, ERI's 11th, was given . . . more
Bulletin: Time running out to save on California Employment Law Update conference
July 2009
The clock is ticking on the fourth-annual California Employment Law Update conference in San Francisco from Nov. 4-6. Register now and save $100--but hurry! This discount expires . . . more
Bulletin: From the safety files: It came from the office fridge!
July 2009
The contents of an office mini-fridge at an AT&T call center in San Jose recently led to 35 people receiving medical attention and 300 people losing half a day's work. To find out what was so very rotten in Denmark, as well as how to avoid a similar crisis at your workplace . . . more
Sexual Harassment: Jury Awards Male Employee Millions for Harassment and Retaliation; Mistakes That Could Have Been Avoided
July 2009
What does an employer have to do to get hit with an $18.4 million jury award? Not as much as you might think. The amount awarded to James Stevens, a Vons Grocery Stores employee, was later reduced on appeal to $2.4 million. But even the reduced amount constitutes . . . more
Discrimination: New EEOC Guidance for Avoiding Family Responsibility Discrimination; Best Practices to Implement Now
July 2009
You've trained your supervisors and managers on how to recognize and prevent discrimination based on such familiar categories as sex, race, age, disability, and sexual orientation. You've complied with California rules regarding sexual harassment training. You have a strong anti-retaliation policy. Is there anything left you need to cover . . . more
Privacy: Stimulus Package Contains HIPAA Requirements for Employers and Plans
July 2009
By now, you're probably familiar with the COBRA and tax-credit provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, commonly referred to as the "stimulus package." What you may not know is that the package also substantially expands Health Insurance . . . more
Diversity: Hiring and Employing Transgender Workers; Tips for Promoting Tolerance and Respect
July 2009
There's little argument that today's workplaces don't look much like those of generations past Today there is greater racial, ethnic, and gender diversity at work than ever before. Openly gay and lesbian employees are becoming a normal part . . . more
Wage and Hour: How to Use Make-Up Time and Compensatory Time Off in California; Sample Policy
July 2009
Nonexempt employees sometimes need to attend to personal matters during the work day--but they don't want to dip into valuable vacation time to do it, and loss of even a few hours of work can strain an employee's budget. What options are available to allow the employee . . . more
Terminations: Why Giving a 'Good Reason' for Firing May Not Be Enough; How to Keep an Eye on the Big Picture
July 2009
An employee takes pregnancy-related medical leave. While she's out, you discover that she falsified certain time sheets and billing records. On the day she's set to return from leave, you tell her she's being terminated . . . more
News Note: E-Verify Rule for Federal Contracts Delayed--Again
July 2009
Originally scheduled to go into effect in January, the rule that will require federal contractors to use the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) E-Verify system for all new hires has been delayed again, now moving from from June 30 to Sept. 8. Federal contractors will now have to begin . . . more
News Note: High Court Says Pension Plan Doesn't Have to Adjust
July 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that AT&T, which had long been calculating pensions based on seniority minus uncredited leave taken, does not have to adjust for . . . more
News Note: H1N1 Vaccine May Be Available Soon
July 2009
Baxter International Inc. has announced that it has completed testing and evaluation of a vaccine for the H1N1 virus--also known as "swine flu"--and could have it ready to go as early as this month. According to the World Health Organization, the number of reported cases of H1N1 infection has topped . . . more
News Note: 'Hooters Girls' Sue to Recover Tips Managers Stole
July 2009
A class of waitresses formerly employed by four San Francisco-area Hooters restaurants has sued, alleging that restaurant managers systematically stole $40 per day from the tip pool, violating California law. According to the complaint, managers diligently recorded taking . . . more
News Note: Homeland Security to Focus Immigration Enforcement Efforts
July 2009
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in an April 2009 statement that it has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices to focus resources on the "criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly hire illegal workers." In 2008, more than 6,000 arrests . . . more
Bulletin: New FMLA bill introduced in Congress
June 2009
The Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act (HR 2161), just introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, would repeal the changes to FMLA that took effect this past January . . . more
Bulletin: U.S. Supreme Court considers key race bias issue
June 2009
A case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court will address the issue of whether employers can scrap the results of a job qualification test if it's later discovered that the test is racially biased . . . more
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