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| Jul 19 2006 | Employers frequently provide lockers or similar storage areas for employees to place their personal belongings. When employees are allowed to provide their own locks, it can create an expectation of privacy whereby employees assume that the lockers aren’ | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jul 13 2006 | If an employee gets in a car accident during working hours that results in injuries to a third party, the employer’s liability increases if the employee does not have a valid driver’s license... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jul 06 2006 | In an effort to reduce the chance of identity theft, Governor Pataki signed a regulation on June 9, 2006, that requires employers to shred, destruct, modify, or take other reasonable action when purging the personal records of employees so that the inform | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jun 28 2006 | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and New York State Human Rights regulation require employers to accommodate the known limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability so that the individual can participate in the application pr | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jun 09 2006 | An employer is generally required to reasonably accommodate a qualified employee's disability unless it would create an undue hardship on the organization.... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jun 02 2006 | According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers between the ages of 14 – 19 suffered more than 38,000 work-related injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in 2004... | [ download newsletter ] |
| May 16 2006 | Over 26,000 claims of race discrimination were filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2005... | [ download newsletter ] |
| May 02 2006 | Your organization may need to have first aid supplies available in the workplace... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Apr 20 2006 | A reward and recognition program is an excellent way to attract and retain employees... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Apr 18 2006 | One of the best ways to discourage employees from sharing proprietary information to outsiders is the use of confidentiality agreements. A confidentiality agreement can restrict an employee from disclosing confidential information about the organization | [ download newsletter ] |
| Mar 13 2006 | If an employee is rehired within three years of the date that his or her I-9 Form was originally completed, the employer can complete Section 3 Updating and Reverification on the original I-9 Form rather than fill out a new I-9 Form... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Feb 23 2006 | NYS businesses, including employers that have an IT security breach are required to notify affected individuals... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Feb 13 2006 | Organizations that consider HR a low priority often experience reduced productivity, poor employee morale, higher absenteeism, increased turnover, and a higher rate of discrimination and Department of Labor complaints... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Feb 02 2006 | The results of a survey of 1,056 large organizations conducted by Hewitt Associates found that projected base salary increases for 2006 will remain about the same as they were in 2005. | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jan 25 2006 | The OSHA Form 300A for calendar year 2005 must be conspicuously posted at each work site from February 1 to April 30, 2006. The OSHA Form 300A provides a summary of the total number of work-related injuries and illnesses that have been recorded on the O | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jan 12 2006 | The Notice of Potential Charges/Notice of Protest (Form LO400) has been revised? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Dec 08 2005 | An employee’s poor performance should be documented and addressed with the employee? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Dec 01 2005 | The latest New York State minimum wage poster is available | [ download newsletter ] |
| Oct 31 2005 | The workers' compensation poster has been revised ? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Oct 21 2005 | NYS employers must pay the cost of cleaning and maintaining required employee uniforms for certain employees... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Oct 13 2005 | Employees cannot generally be required to purchase required employee uniforms... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Sep 22 2005 | Keeping Unemployment Insurance Costs Down | [ download newsletter ] |
| Sep 14 2005 | Did You Know...The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased the standard mileage reimbursement rate for business travel to 48.5¢ per mile for the remainder of 2005? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Sep 06 2005 | Did you know, beginning in 2006, a retiree drug subsidy is available to qualified plan sponsors? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Aug 23 2005 | Job titles should be gender neutral? | [ download newsletter ] |
| Aug 09 2005 | In addition to the negative effects problem drinking has on workers, it also increases the cost of doing business through higher rates of absenteeism, accidents, health care, and workers’ compensation premiums... | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jul 29 2005 | Avoiding Disaster…Educate employees about the hazards of working outdoors during the summer months | [ download newsletter ] |
| Jun 16 2005 | Customer and employee records have become a prime target for identity theft...
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