An employer's responsibility to its employees is a legally regulated process. It includes many areas of potential legal entanglements, from hiring and firing decisions to workplace harassment and more. To ensure that all your bases are covered as an employer, it is...
Unemployment is meant to help a worker make ends meet until they can find new employment -- but the claim has to be approved, first. If your application for unemployment was denied you need to take immediate steps to protect your interests. That means learning...
Many business owners have to fire a volatile employee at some point. While terminations can often result in tears or unpleasant words, fortunately, few rise to the level where the employer faces the risk of violent retaliation. While rare, all personnel managers and...
Everyone has days when they don’t enjoy going to work. Most people have co-workers they don’t really get along with. Many have conflicts with supervisors. But does that mean you’re in a hostile work environment? Probably not. It’s important to know what this really...
Whether you realize that a manager has engaged in illegal activities or witnessed harassment of another worker, speaking up can be hard for an employee to do. After all, companies often aren't happy about those who rock the boat. Workers who assert their rights under...
You work hard to be a good employer, and you take your obligations under the law very seriously. You know that it’s illegal to retaliate against an employee for filing a worker’s compensation claim, and you’d never dream of doing something like that. But does an open...
To insulate people from workplace discrimination, some workers are considered part of legally protected "classes" based on things like their gender, religion, race or other factors. But say you have a worker who happens to be in one of these protected classes -- and...
Many of your employees have access to extensive information about your company, your customers and maybe even other employees on their computers and other devices. If you’re vigilant about information security, you give employees access only to the information they...
Let’s be honest: For many people, texting has replaced calling. They barely ever use their phones to talk, like traditional phones, but far more often use them to send and receive quick messages. They may do this through standard messaging apps or through third-party...
If you have an employee who is not doing the job you hired them to do, you might be ready to let them go. You can hire someone new to fill the role, and you feel like you’ll be able to get someone better. Before you decide to fire that worker, it’s important to make...
