Do Your Employees Know How to Report Misconduct?
Workplace harassment happens in many U.S. workplaces, but most employees who witness or experience such misconduct do not report it to HR. In a survey of over 2,000 employees by HR Acuity, more than half of respondents experienced or witnessed inappropriate or illegal...
Paystub and Timecard Audits: Ensuring Compliance with Overtime, Meal & Rest Break Laws
Performing regular paystub and timecard audits is an essential practice for any organization's HR compliance program. As a business leader, you're no stranger to the importance of compliance in the workplace. Among the multitude of tasks on your plate, ensuring...
Barry Cohn – One Of The Most Influential Leaders in the San Fernando Valley Region 2023
San Fernando Valley Business Journal The Valley 200 The Most Influential Leaders in the San Fernando Valley Region 2023 August 1, 2023 Barry Cohn Chief Executive JorgensenHR Senior Vice President Heffernan Insurance Brokers Cohn serves as chief executive of...
Kindness In The Workplace
Mounting research shows that there’s a lot more to being kind than meets the eye. People who go above and beyond to practice kindness are happier and have better mental and physical health than those who don’t spend as much time supporting others. Job seekers are more...
Blow Off Harassment Complaints: Another Way For Employers To Get Sued
In the last 18 months JorgensenHR has conducted over 50 workplace investigations. During this time people have asked me what the issues were and assumed they were mostly sexual harassment in nature. With workers coming back to the “office” having been isolated and...
Vacation Accruals and Other Paystub Requirements
An employment attorney and friend of our firm posted the following on LinkedIn: "A client received a valid claim from a former employee for a small amount of unpaid vacation at the conclusion of their employment. It turned out the [very large] payroll service updated...
HR Company is Expanding
BY MARK MADLER SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL MAY 8, 2023 At a time in life when most people are thinking about retirement, Barry Cohn instead has taken bold steps to grow his business. The 68-year-old is chief executive of JorgensenHR, a Santa Clarita-based...
DON’T LET THEM EAT: HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR EMPLOYEES SUE YOU!
I recently spoke to an employment attorney that currently has 14 wage and hour cases primarily relating to meal and rest break violations and overtime. As I mentioned last month, I am going to focus, over the next few months, on several ways to guarantee that your...
JorgensenHR Acquires Strategies for Human Resources
JorgensenHR (JHR) announced today the acquisition of the business operations of Strategies for Human Resources (S4HR). JHR will acquire the S4HR assets, employees, and clients. JHR, a 38 year-old HR consulting firm, headquartered in Santa Clarita, and S4HR a...
JorgensenHR Acquires Quad-County Human Resources (QCHR, Inc.)
JorgensenHR (JHR) announced today the acquisition of the business operations of Quad-County Human Resources (QCHR). JHR will acquire the QCHR assets, employees, and clients. JHR, a 38-year-old HR consulting firm, headquartered in Santa Clarita, and QCHR, a 13-year-old...
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