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10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And How To Avoid Them | Holloway Human Resource Consulting
Do you have an outdated — or no employee handbook? December 30, 2011 by Fred Holloway This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid themThis entry is part 1 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES – And how to avoid themMany laws have changed — If you haven’t updated your employee handbook within the past year – it may be out of date. As the laws and your policies and procedures change, your handbook needs to [...]
Filed Under: Compliance, HR Update Tagged With: Employee handbook, Employee Relations, Employment, Human resources, Policy Be careful asking inappropriate – or the wrong questions during an employment interview December 31, 2011 by Fred Holloway This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid themThis entry is part 2 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES – And how to avoid themEmployers can inadvertently create potential legal problems by asking the wrong questions – with the best of intentions. Remember, it’s the impact you may have, and not your intentions, that can get you, as an interviewer, [...]
Filed Under: Compliance, Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Ask an Expert, Employment, Interview, Job interview Are You Using Outdated or No job descriptions? January 1, 2011 by Fred Holloway This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid themThis entry is part 3 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES – And how to avoid themThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has made it nearly mandatory to have appropriately written job descriptions. This should be the very first step in a proper hiring process. Job descriptions should detail the essential duties, [...]
Filed Under: Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Employment, Human resources, Job description Are you conducting background checks on your prospective employees? January 5, 2012 by Fred Holloway This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid themThis entry is part 4 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES – And how to avoid themA bad hire can be one of the most damaging events that can happen to a company. And a bad hire can happen with the best of intentions. Conducting reference checks, a criminal background check and [...]
Filed Under: Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Background check, Business, Drug test, Employment, Negligence in employment Be sure you are properly paying overtime to non-exempt employees January 10, 2012 by Fred Holloway This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid themThis entry is part 5 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES – And how to avoid themBe careful to properly draw the line between “exempt” employees and “non-exempt” (those entitled to receive overtime pay). Paying employees a salary isn’t enough to avoid overtime. Unless employees are exempt from the provisions of the [...]
Filed Under: Compliance, HR Update Tagged With: Employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Independent contractor, Overtime, United States «Older Posts	Subscribe to HR Update