Employment Law

Can you (and should you) refuse to hire smokers? Know the law

07/01/2005

Some of your employees may be a month into their New Year’s resolution to quit smoking. But what if you, as an organization, wanted to kick the habit in a different way—by refusing to hire employees that smoke?

Banning male employees’ long hair is OK

07/01/2005

Q. Can we require male employees’ hair be a certain length, or is that discrimination? Also, can we say male employees can’t have beards? —C.H., Illinois

Don’t ‘oversell’ the job; oral promises can bind you

07/01/2005

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It’s every manager’s duty to take harassment complaints

07/01/2005

Pregnancy-bias law covers even nonpregnant women

07/01/2005

Some manager socializing could spark bias lawsuits

07/01/2005

Issue: Supervisors may feel more comfortable with employees from one gender or the other.
Risk: If they allow those relationships to affect their employment decisions, supervisors could run afoul of …

When customers cross the line

06/02/2005

Employers can be liable for harassment of workers not only by other workers, but also by customers. But often, managers who’d have no qualms about investigating—or firing—a harassing co-worker are nervous about jeopardizing a customer relationship.

Review all handouts for legal bombshells

06/01/2005

You can’t personally review every book, video or training material that supervisors distribute to employees. But it’s wise to review as much of those materials as possible for appropriateness and legally …

Tighten policy to foil new identity-theft risks

06/01/2005

If your organization hasn’t taken identity theft seriously, here are two good reasons to start now: Starting June 1, federal law requires you to properly dispose
of employee background-check information …

Don’t allow managers to issue hasty termination letters

06/01/2005

If you haven’t already, establish a policy that says HR and/or other senior executives must review supervisors’ termination proposals. The goal: Prevent supervisors from making legally dangerous firings out of anger, …

Employment Law

Can you (and should you) refuse to hire smokers? Know the law

Banning male employees’ long hair is OK

Don’t ‘oversell’ the job; oral promises can bind you

It’s every manager’s duty to take harassment complaints

Pregnancy-bias law covers even nonpregnant women

Some manager socializing could spark bias lawsuits

When customers cross the line

Review all handouts for legal bombshells

Tighten policy to foil new identity-theft risks

Don’t allow managers to issue hasty termination letters

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