An updated employee handbook is your shield against workplace chaos. From remote work to DEI policies, make sure your handbook reflects the latest laws and keeps your business protected.
Have you updated your employee handbook lately?
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Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations: what every employer must know
A reasonable accommodation is a change to an employee’s job duties or working environment that allows them to perform the essential functions of their job despite their disability and without causing undue hardship to the company
Religion: To accommodate or not to accommodate?
Did you know that the standard for accommodating sincerely held religious beliefs in the workplace has changed?
Federal law requires employers to accommodate pregnant workers
Employers in New York, New Jersey and about 30 other states and cities are required to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers.
How to prevent a hostile workplace
Employers and supervisors need to be more vigilant than ever to eradicate all types of harassment from their workplace. Here are three ways you can actively discourage a hostile work environment and help your employees feel safe and thus be happier at work and more productive:
In the dark about employment law issues?
Did you know the Department of Labor can hit you with hefty penalties and interest simply for not keeping track of your hourly employees’ time, even if you pay them properly? Many of my clients don’t know what they don’t know about employment law issues in their company.
Monkeypox leading to more workplace harassment?
As if we didn’t have enough workplace issues to deal with, we now have a new virus: Monkeypox. The majority but not all of the reported Monkeypox cases have involved men who have been or are in close relationships with other men. Because of the virus’s link to gay and bisexual men, there may be an uptick in harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
Worried your employees will use cannabis at work now that it’s legal in NJ?
In New Jersey, an employee who uses cannabis outside of their workplace, may not be disciplined at work,
Are you anxious about returning to the office?
Now that vaccines are fully available, and the worst days of the pandemic are hopefully behind us, businesses are calling their employees back to the office full time. Many employees are concerned about the health risks involved and losing their newfound sense of freedom.
How to handle mental illness in the workplace
Although mental illness is more accepted than it used to be, stigma still exists.
How and under what circumstances should you disclose your mental illness to your employer?
How should an employer handle this type of disclosure?