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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...
9 Questions You Must Ask Your Employees At Least Once a Month
If you’re a business owner, you really don’t want to have to have to hire in this environment since there are 11 million jobs open in the US and only 6 million job seekers. So how do you ensure that your current employees will stick around? Pay increases and hybrid...
What Is Driving Employees Out Of Companies And How To Keep Them
Everyone is talking about the Great Resignation, why employees are leaving companies and how to retain employees. As of June 30, 2022, there were 11 million open jobs in the US but only 6 million job seekers. According to Gallup, 51% of employees are considering a new...
DOL ANNOUNCES RAMPED-UP FMLA AUDITS FOR EMPLOYER
The Department of Labor (DOL) is back at the FMLA audit game. This is your not so gentle reminder that employers will continue to face scrutiny on their FMLA procedures, and that they increasingly face liability. It is time for a self-audit or outsource the audit to a...
Form I-9 Alert: Policy Allowing Expired Documents Scheduled to End
Beginning May 1, employers will no longer be able to accept expired identity documents when verifying an employee's work eligibility on Form I-9. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending its temporary COVID-19-related policy of allowing employers to...
DO YOU HAVE A COVID PREVENTION PLAN AND HAS IT BEEN UPDATED FOR 2022?
In June I wrote an article for CEO Monthly about having a COVID Prevention Plan (CPP). It is that time again because Cal/OSHA just voted to “re-adopt” the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for a second time – but this latest move introduces some significant...
HR Professionals Can Face Personal Liability
According to the Winter 2021 issue of HR Magazine, there are nine Federal employment laws that permit individual civil liability and five of those allow criminal liability for HR professionals. Federal Law Civil Liability Criminal Liability COBRA Yes No ERISA Yes Yes...
California Brings Back Indoor Masking for All – Regardless of Vaccination Status
Hopefully you didn’t throw away those face coverings quite yet. Responding to the emerging Omicron variant and an anticipated winter COVID-19 surge, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) just issued an updated Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings which...
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