Nov 11, 2024 | Company Culture, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
As an employer, your hiring process serves as the first impression applicants have about your business. It plays a key role in forming your brand image in the applicant’s mind. If you want to navigate a labor shortage and bring in top talent, you need to learn...
Nov 7, 2024 | Anti-Harassment Training, Compliance, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
While managers and employees should both be given anti-harassment training, the type of training they receive should be different. Managers are responsible for creating a safe, supportive working environment. They must be trained on how to recognize harassment and...
Nov 7, 2024 | Compliance, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
Under federal law, workplaces aren’t allowed to discriminate against applicants and employees during their hiring and employment practices. However, specific states take these laws further with mandated anti-harassment training. For example, California requires...
Nov 7, 2024 | Company Culture, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
By Pamela B. Linberg & Ashton P. Hoffman, Jackson Lewis, Attorneys at Law. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute. This change in...
Nov 6, 2024 | Compliance, Human Resources, Small Business
By Justin R. Barnes & Laura A. Mitchell, Jackson Lewis, Attorneys at Law Federal contractors may need to be prepared to increase pay for employees working on, or in connection with, covered federal government contracts. The hourly minimum wage for employees...
Nov 5, 2024 | Company Culture, Employee management, Human Resources, Small Business
Today, 86% of HR professionals report that recruiting employees is becoming more like marketing. The same number of workers say they research a business before they consider turning in their application. In today’s job market, companies can’t just post a generic job...
