News & Analysis as of

Best Practices Employees

Amundsen Davis LLC

Actual vs. Apparent Authority: Limiting Business Liability From Unauthorized Employee Actions

Amundsen Davis LLC on

As a business grows and adds new members to the team, it can be difficult to identify what role each person plays and their level of authority. While some have the ability to make important decisions on behalf of the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Water Cooler Talk: 'Harry Potter' Reveals Magic of Feedback

Troutman Pepper Locke on

This article is part of a monthly column that connects popular culture to hot-button labor and employment law issues. In this installment, we focus on various methods of feedback used by “Harry Potter” characters and how...more

Dentons

Communication is Everything – What HR Managers Need to Know

Dentons on

As a manager or even a co-employee, how you interact with others is a critical component of your job. Many employment lawsuits are built on a failure to communicate as well as fundamental communication errors. Many HR...more

Mintz

[Podcast] Mintz on Air: Practical Policies - Performance Evaluations: From Stellar to Subpar and Everything In Between

Mintz on

In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin hosts a conversation on performance evaluations, covering their importance, best practices, and legal significance. This episode is part...more

Jaburg Wilk

Make Hard Decisions to Improve Your Business by Letting Go of That Which is Not Serving You

Jaburg Wilk on

At the start of a new calendar or fiscal year, business leaders and professionals face a critical opportunity to evaluate which practices, policies, and procedures drive value for their organizations. This is important to...more

Woods Rogers

Department of Labor’s AI Best Practices: Key Takeaways for Employers

Woods Rogers on

In October 2024, the Department of Labor released its principles and best practices for developers and employers using AI (pdf), aiming to provide employers with guidelines to promote workplace augmentation through the use of...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

How to Conduct a Meaningful Performance Review

Performance reviews can often feel like a necessary evil in the workplace. Managers and employees dread them. They’ve become commonplace for a good reason: when they’re done correctly, they’re effective....more

Littler

DOL Issues Guidance on AI and Worker Well-Being Best Practices

Littler on

On October 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-Being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers. This document expands upon guidance released in...more

FordHarrison

EntertainHR: Employer’s Guide to Navigating Mental Health in the Workplace

FordHarrison on

In just a few short weeks, the world will tune in to watch the most talented athletes in the planet beat world records and achieve what no one has done before. After years of training, it will all come down to that one race,...more

IR Global

Managing Remote Workers – 7 Best Practices

IR Global on

An Accountant in Missouri has run her business for over 20 years. In 2020, she hired her first ‘remote worker’ but now 4 out of 11 of her team members work remotely. What she thought would be a temporary shift has become...more

FordHarrison

EntertainHR: Baby Reindeer and Employee Protections for Victims of Stalking or Domestic Violence

FordHarrison on

Baby Reindeer on Netflix is the dark, fictionalized account of how one man’s stalker forever changed his life. It tells the story of a struggling London comedian, Donny Dunn, who meets a woman, named Martha, in a pub where he...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Best Practices on Maintaining Personnel Files

Personnel files, employee files, employee records… no matter what you call them, you probably know they are important. But why, exactly? Below is a refresher on the importance of personnel files and best practices for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Tenth Circuit Highlights Limits on Employers Defining Essential Functions of a Position

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment award on an employee’s failure-to-accommodate claim. The Court’s decision focused on the employer’s improperly narrow delineation of the...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Pregnancy and Parenting in Higher Education Training Series - January 17th - 18th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Bricker Graydon LLP on

Join Bricker Graydon attorneys Kylie Stryffeler, Jessica Galanos, and Erin Butcher as they delve into the important subject of pregnancy and parenting on college campuses. They will discuss pregnancy and parenting compliance...more

McAfee & Taft

Garnishments 101: A short refresher

McAfee & Taft on

Payroll garnishments — “continuing earnings garnishments” — are court-ordered procedures that require an employer to withhold certain amounts from an employee’s paycheck and send those amounts directly to a third-person...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Performance Evaluations: Training Managers Is Key

Employee performance is always rated in one manner or another. Best practice is to rate this performance through known, objective processes. In the context of the employment relationship, performance evaluations are an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Today - February 2023. Training for the sentinels

I managed not to lose my temper when a training skeptic informed me that he wasn’t a fan of compliance training because “it’s not going to make a dishonest person do the right thing.” Indeed, I doubt anyone who previously had...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

How To Be “Smart” About Using Artificial Intelligence In The Workplace

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly revolutionizing the workplace. More and more employers are relying on algorithms or automated tools to determine who gets interviewed, hired, promoted, compensated, disciplined, or...more

Perkins Coie

Six Best Practices for Workplace Investigations

Perkins Coie on

It has never been more important to conduct quality workplace investigations. Workers are demanding more of their employers, and demanding answers as well. Often, however, employers begin workplace investigations without...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Best Practices for Employers to Prepare Employees for Visa Interviews

Quarles & Brady LLP on

With visa interview appointments at the U.S. consulates abroad still limited due to COVID-19 backlogs, sponsored employees need to be as well-prepared as possible to avoid a visa denial at the visa window. To answer some...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is the Past Really Past? Tips for Employers on Background Checks

In the quest to hire the best employees, employers often look at an employee’s past — past jobs, credit history, and criminal history. If you are conducting  background checks, you know you have to comply with the Fair Credit...more

Venable LLP

The Dos and Don’ts of the Candidate Selection Process

Venable LLP on

The hiring process can be a stressful one, for employers and candidates alike. Employers wish to find the best candidate for the position, while also taking into consideration factors like diversity, cost, and cultural fit. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19 Vaccination Sweepstakes: Best Practices for Employee Incentives

K&L Gates LLP on

In the current pandemic environment, employers are searching for increasingly creative ways to incentivize COVID-19 vaccination among their employees. “Vaccine sweepstakes,” by which employers offer cash or other prizes...more

Fisher Phillips

Weekly Round Up – February 4, 2018

Fisher Phillips on

Mercifully, this has not been a week of big OSHA developments, so we focus on practical observations on safety compliance and on managing OSHA inspections. Because safety professionals in particular, and managers in general,...more

Fisher Phillips

Are Your California Employees Asking for Dust Masks Because of the Raging Fires?

Fisher Phillips on

Our California offices reported that local governments are provided N 95 dust masks to citizens because of the wild fires. Such masks may not actually help all users and the smoke and particulate may not exceed permissible...more

31 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide