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Cyber Insurance: How to Get What You Pay For
Due to the increasing number of cyber-attacks and government scrutiny surrounding protection of confidential information, companies cannot ignore the various risks associated with potential data breaches. The result is that…
Can or Should Employers Fire Employees Who Participate in Hate Groups?
The realization that one of an employer's workers participated in a white supremacist rally, such as the one that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., often raises the question of whether that…
Tips for Reimbursing California Employees’ Business Expenses
California employers must reimburse workers for reasonable business expenses. This issue may seem less significant than some California mandates—such as paid-time-off and additional leave requirements—but failing to properly reimburse employees…
Your Career Q&A: How to Explain a Troubled Resignation
When you are interviewing for a new job, how do you explain—truthfully and tactfully—why you abruptly left your last position? Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR…
The Nuts and Bolts of Hiring People with Criminal Histories
The relatively low unemployment rate is spurring once-reluctant employers to rethink their position on hiring candidates with criminal histories. A wide range of companies are opening their application processes to…
Set Ground Rules for the Different Types of Service Animals
Set ground rules in advance for service or comfort animals in the workplace. That step will go a long way to making the accommodation a success
Bargaining with Combined Units: What It Means for Employers
Combined bargaining units—consisting of temporary workers and regular staff of an employer that uses a staffing agency—are a challenging reality as a result of recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…
When the CEO Is Fired: How to Handle Workers' Angst
When a CEO is abruptly dismissed—whether because of misconduct, ineptitude or differences with a board of directors—how does the departure affect the employees who remain, and how can HR help…
Whistle-Blower Complaints Under Minnesota Law
An employee in Minnesota may not need to have been attempting to expose an employer’s suspected illegal conduct in order to bring a retaliation claim under the state whistle-blower act
Conn. Medical Marijuana Law’s Employment Provision Isn’t Preempted
Federal law does not preempt the Connecticut medical marijuana statute’s prohibition on employers’ firing or refusing to hire qualified medical marijuana patients, even if they test positive on an employment-related…