The newly enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide “reasonable break time” to employees to allow them to express breast milk for nursing children. The law requires that the break time be provided for one year after the child's birth and that an employer...

Even employers that are careful to comply with equal employment opportunity laws can find themselves facing a discrimination complaint. As a result, all employers can benefit from adopting an HR strategy to address EEO concerns. According to guidelines published by the EEOC, an effective...

Employers often wonder what human resource policies they should implement.  The topics range from discipline, to employee medical benefits, to how long they should retain employee records.  Developing these policies can be a time consuming, difficult task, especially for small employers who are busy...

The Federal guidelines that protect consumers from deceptive endorsements and advertising may pose liability issues for employers if their employees use social media to talk about their employer's products or services. When employees comment on the products or services their company provides in...

Disciplining employees is often an unpleasant task, and can become even more difficult if supervisors make the following mistakes:

• Thinking of discipline as merely a punishment instead of an opportunity to correct a situation
• Taking an apologetic approach, such as saying, “HR told me to do this”
• Trying...

When an employee leaves a company and owes the employer (i.e for uniforms, borrowed vacation or sick time, etc.), what’s an employer to do? Unfortunately, many employers believe they can simply withhold the amount owed from the employee’s final paycheck. In most states, however, that type of...

Although employers do not want to lose good employees, when one does leave, an exit interview can be an important learning tool for the employer. Properly conducted, exit interviews can provide the employer with the opportunity to:

·                    Discuss and clarify the reasons for...

A key responsibility for any supervisor or manager is making sure employees are performing their jobs properly. When employees are doing a good job, management should recognize their contributions and let them know their efforts are appreciated. However, if an employee's performance is below...

In addition to helping our clients deal with specific employee relations matters, Management 2000 provides a broad range of services related to day-to-day operations. Just a few of these services include:

 
Benefits:

• Multiple programs for medical, dental, vision and supplemental insurance products;
• COBRA...

Halloween is October 31 – Employers must ensure that any type of celebration respects the diverse opinions of employees about the holiday and that no one feels pressured to participate.

Daylight-Saving Time Ends November 1 – Employers with shift workers need to be sure to pay for all hours worked and...

*  On September 23, a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations was published. If adopted, this rule would align the ADA regulations' definition of "disability" with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008, which took effect Jan. 1, 2009.

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