October 15 Tip of the Week
October 14, 2024 4:03 pm“Termination Letters: Required or Not?” One of the questions we often get asked at myHRcounsel is “I just terminated an... Read More
Tag Archive: workplace
October 8 Tip of the Week
October 7, 2024 8:55 pm“The Growing Concerns of Cybersecurity” An area of great concern for employers over the last several years is cybersecurity. The... Read More
October 1 Tip of the Week
October 1, 2024 2:42 pm“The Hazards of Employee Monitoring” In today’s workplaces, employers have limited means of monitoring employee performance. Supervisors and managers cannot... Read More
September 24 Tip of the Week
September 23, 2024 7:06 pm“The Importance of Job Descriptions” When hiring, employers often feel pressure to get jobs... Read More
September 17 Tip of the Week
September 17, 2024 2:21 pm“Wage Deductions” Although it can seem tempting to take deductions from a departing employee’s final wages for unreturned uniforms or... Read More
September 10 Tip of the Week
September 9, 2024 7:31 pm“Employee Changes” Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to change an employee’s schedule, hours, pay or... Read More
September 3 Tip of the Week
September 3, 2024 2:31 pm“Dress for Success” The patchwork of state and federal laws related to employment are seemingly endless and contain many nuances... Read More
August 27 Tip of the Week
August 27, 2024 2:45 am“Round and Round, We Go” One of the most important things for employees is their pay check. Every employee wants... Read More
August 20 Tip of the Week
August 20, 2024 2:11 pm“Severance Agreement Pitfalls” When an employer decides to terminate an employee – a decision that we all know is not... Read More
June 18 Tip of the Week
June 18, 2024 1:53 pm“Criminal Background Checks: Sword or Shield?” At myHRcounsel we receive a lot of questions from employers regarding criminal background checks... Read More
May 14th Tip of the Week
May 13, 2024 1:44 pm“EEOC Issues Final Rules on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act“ On April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”)... Read More
May 6th Tip of the Week
May 6, 2024 3:32 pm“Where Have All the Non-Competes Gone?“ On January 12, the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule on Non-Compete... Read More
April 29th Tip of the Week
April 25, 2024 1:47 pm“What Constitutes Harm for Purposes of Title VII?” The United States Supreme Court just lowered the standard of proof required... Read More
April 22nd Tip of the Week
April 22, 2024 5:48 pm“Accommodating an Employee” Think you don’t have to accommodate an employee working in a call center who suffers from angry,... Read More
February 12 Tip of the Week
February 12, 2024 7:30 pm“Round and Round, We Go” One of the most important things for employees is their pay check. Every employee wants... Read More
February 5 Tip of the Week
February 6, 2024 3:48 pm“Compensable Time in the Electronic Age” Employers of hourly, non-exempt workers have often struggled with the question of what constitutes... Read More
December 5 Tip of the Week
December 4, 2023 3:21 pm“Severance Agreement Pitfalls” When an employer decides to terminate an employee – a decision that we all know is not... Read More
November 27 Tip of the Week
November 27, 2023 6:14 pm“Increased Employee Protections” As we have seen over the last two years or more, there is an increased effort... Read More
October 2 Tip of the Week
October 2, 2023 1:28 pm“What Happened to Muzak” In today’s day and age of streaming services, for both music and video, Muzak – the... Read More
September 25 Tip of the Week
September 26, 2023 2:17 pm“Document, Document, Document” In real estate, there is a well-known phrase: “Location, location, location.” The meaning behind this phrase is... Read More