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Stay in compliance and out of court.
Disgruntled employees love to sue and typical awards are hitting $500,000 and climbing – but many employers never even see those lawsuits coming.
More than one-quarter of all civil lawsuits filed today are employment related. What's more, employers lose 60% of these cases, and can be held personally liable.
You don’t have to risk violations or personal responsibility: Each month, let this easy-to-read newsletter help you avoid common mistakes with FMLA, ADA, FLSA, privacy, discrimination, negligence and other employment landmines before they cost you everything.
In plain English
Learn how to protect against legal strategies being aimed at employers and what new court cases mean to your policies, including how to…
- Avoid paying overtime – legally!
- Monitor employees’ communications without risking privacy-violation claims
- Trim workers’ compensation costs (and use 3 virtually foolproof “cheater” meters)
- Provide attendance incentives … without landing in court
- Give clear behavioral guidelines to avoid hair-trigger sexual harassment laws
- Protect against “safe workplace” and other liabilities involved with teleworkers
- Organize personnel files to ensure compliance and deflect legal action
- Enforce a drug-free workplace without raising privacy issues
- Replace a “give no references” policy with a MUCH smarter procedure
Each issue of HR Specialist: Employment Law connects you with exclusive features:
- Solutions and Real-World Case Studies: More than 20 ready-to-implement strategies for avoiding court, fines and personal liability over FMLA, negligence, discrimination, hiring, pay, worker’s comp, and other federal laws.
- Legal Briefs: At-a-glance summaries of recent cases and how they affect your policies and practices on everything from smoking breaks and safety to company records.
- Issues in the News: Are you liable for accidents if employees do business by car phone? How should you handle I-9 reporting and job applicants that look like financial “deadbeats?” What’s a reasonable ADA accommodation? Why is it risky to dock exempt workers’ pay for damaged equipment? Find answers in this monthly column focused on employers’ latest legal hotspots.
- HR Resources: Free reports and tools including which types of health problems qualify for FMLA leave, guidance on recent FLSA exemption rules, and many other hot HR topics.
- Q&As: Answers to specific challenges you and your peers face about FMLA, job openings, references, ‘porn spam,’ urging employees to get counseling, who pays for uniforms, and more.
