California…Not Like Anywhere Else
Keeping up with federal employment laws is relatively straightforward, but state law is another matter — especially when that state is California.
Tag: california hr
There’s An App for THAT?
The U.S. Department of Labor has just announced the launch of its first application for smartphones: a timesheet to help employees independently track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. Available in English and Spanish, users can track regular work hours, break time, and any overtime hours for one or more […]
Why Managing Up Makes You Look Brilliant
If you don’t get bosses to have your ideas, heaven forbid, they’ll come up with their own. And that spells disaster for both of you.
Time To Terminate? Not Just Yet…
Managers always “want to get it over with” once they’ve decided they want to fire someone. That’s no surprise, but HR can’t let it happen. Step back and assess the whole picture before acting.
Don’t Terminate Without the Right Policies
Terminations — where the rubber meets the road in HR. The most angst, the most tears (or screams), and the most lawsuits. Your terminations policy is critical. Today, courtesy of BLR’s SmartPolicies® program, we’ll review the key elements your policy should cover.
Let Your Sharks Drive Your Business
Yesterday, we featured 6 of consultant Jon Gordon’s tips for reenergizing employees. Today, we’ll look at 3 more of his suggestions.
9 Smart Leadership Strategies
“You need to personally make sure that your company is a place where people want to work,” says Jon Gordon in his book, The Shark and the Goldfish: Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change. “You must focus on winning in the workplace if you want to win in the marketplace,” says Gordon. Here […]
FMLA Guidelines: Sample FMLA/CFRA Policy for California Employers
XYZ Inc. provides family and medical leave benefits in accordance with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). These leave benefits are described below.
What To Include in a Company Social Media Policy
If you want to prevent social media abuse, says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, you must develop a social media policy, and your policy must include several key elements.
Social Networking = Less Working
People are now spending more time on social media sites than on e-mail, says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, and a lot of that time is being spent at work. In today’s CED, Pritikin explains how to manage the new social media time-suck.