Written job descriptions can improve your company’s recruiting, hiring, compensation, performance evaluation, promotion, and training, and can help protect you from some types of discrimination claims. Written job descriptions determine all the functions of a particular job and establish which of those functions are essential to the job and which are nonessential, or extra. Ranging Read more →

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OSHA’s updated recordkeeping rule expands the list of severe injuries that all employers must report to OSHA. Establishments located in states under Federal OSHA jurisdiction must begin to comply with the new requirements on January 1, 2015. Establishments located in states that operate their own safety and health programs should check with their state plan Read more →

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It cannot be said enough; just how important it is to document, document, and document! When situations arise in the workplace that supervisors, managers or anyone with authority, feels could be a potential liability issue, they should keep careful and complete documentation of all the facts surrounding each situation. If it can be shown that Read more →

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Its summer and that means vacations and rental cars. What do you usually do when you get to the rental car company counter? When asked if you want to buy the loss damage waiver (LDW) from the rental company do you assume you are covered by either your personal auto insurance policy or your credit Read more →

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Based on the number of “Facebook” decisions from the National Labor Relations Board over the past two years, most employers understand that when employee Facebook postings constitute “protected activity” under the National Labor Relations Act, the postings can be legally protected. However, the NLRA is not the only federal law that can be implicated in Read more →

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