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Mission to Venus: OSHA probe finds multiple violations

08/11/2016

OSHA inspectors staging a spot inspection at K-T Galvanizing Co. in the Dallas-Fort Worth-area town of Venus found 13 serious violations of workplace safety and health regulations.

EEO-1 reports due by Sept. 30

08/11/2016
Covered employers must submit their 2016 EEO-1 Surveys by Sept. 30. EEO-1 reports—which employers complete and submit online—provide employment data by race and ethnicity, gender and job categories.

Recognize legal risks of Zika

08/11/2016
Employers need to know how to respond to Zika, the mosquito-borne disease linked with birth defects.

Overtime, social issues top employers’ list of worries

08/10/2016
The Department of Labor’s new rules for paying white-collar overtime, LGBT rights, pay equity and workplace violence prevention are the issues that most worried HR professionals and in-house lawyers responding to a new survey.

Court upholds EEOC rule on retention of employment-related testing records

08/09/2016
A federal court has ruled that the EEOC can require employers to retain employment records for its inspection and specifically demand that those records include a wide range of information about employment-related testing, test results and the impact of the results on protected classes.

Fight back: What to do when fists start to fly

08/02/2016
Physical violence is dangerous, disruptive and can involve companies in expensive lawsuits if employees—particularly bystanders—are injured during a fight.

Prison taps inmates to digitize its records

08/02/2016
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is in the process of converting more than 400,000 paper files, microfilm and X-rays to digital files with the help of inmates.

Go digital and save big on labor costs

08/02/2016
If you’re paying employees to create, file and organize paper records, you’re likely wasting valuable resources and money.

Managing off-site storage costs

08/01/2016
Although most documents are created, maintained, and used electronically, many organizations still send files to off-site facilities for long-term storage.

Ensure handbook asserts at-will employment

07/28/2016
If you have a handbook that provides workers with a limited right to contest proposed discipline, make sure it also has a very strong at-will statement.