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I’ve been tasked with the rewrite of our employee handbook. Can you tell me what the current thinking is on disclaimers? What are the key topics I should focus on as I do this rewrite? — Tom T., Manager of Staffing and Development, Modesto
We think that drug use in our company might be growing, and management wants to institute a broad, random testing policy with a zero-tolerance standard. I believe that random testing might be a privacy violation in California. Is it advisable to have a random testing policy, and if not, what do you recommend for curbing […]
A Texas jury has awarded $11.24 million to Claudine Woolf, a former top Mary Kay Inc. saleswoman from Walnut Creek, Calif., who was fired while she was pregnant and undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Woolf claimed she asked her employer to reduce her sales quota because of her medical problems. But Dallas-based Mary Kay allegedly […]
Suppose an employee sues one of your clients or customers. Then, when you insist that the employee drop the lawsuit because it’s bad for your business, the employee refuses. Can an employee fired in this situation sue you for wrongful termination? In a new case, a California appeals court said a hospital-employer was within its […]
Competitors luring away workers is an increasing concern these days. In a recent case, Jeff Sposito, a managing broker with Jon Douglas Co. in Walnut Creek, quit less than a week after Coldwell Banker acquired his company. He immediately joined a rival and, allegedly within a day, persuaded more than 100 agents and office staff […]