State vaccine mandates are rare, but certainly nothing new. In fact, the first state-wide vaccine mandate in the US was enacted in Massachusetts to combat smallpox in 1809. However, as an employer, the responses to vaccine mandates can run the gamut from confusion to...
More often than you would think, we get calls from members wondering what they can do about someone who they think is impaired at work. When that happens, we immediately go into crisis control mode because, well, impairment at work is never acceptable. In this...
The answer is no. But that does not mean you should not consider consulting an attorney and getting a separate non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreement from them. Remember that your employee handbook is not an agreement. It is a set of policies that are...
The end-of-year bonus is yet another annual tradition that is being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While some lucky businesses have done better than ever this year, many (if not most) have experienced a year fraught with closures, cancellations, scheduling...
Let’s just call it what it is: 2020 has been an absolute dumpster fire of a year. And for employers across the U.S., the potent cocktail of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic mixed with near-constant political unrest has manifested itself as a series of crises that just...
I wanted to share a couple of insights about Office Managers (OMs) when it comes to salary and bonus structures. The first part of this perspective is all about HR compliance. The second offers up a number of components that you should keep in mind before implementing...
