HR Management

Sample Policy: At-Will Employment

01/01/2007

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Sample Policy: Working Hours

01/01/2007

Work at home or in any city; Sun offers flex-Office options

01/01/2007

Sun Microsystems’ iWork program is more than telecommuting: it’s flexible working, says Lynn Williamson, openwork marketing manager for the Menlo Park, Calif.-based systems manufacturer …

Different education standards for young applicants is legal

01/01/2007

While employers should typically use the same education and experience requirements for all applicants for the same position, they needn’t do so in every case …

You can demand that staff work overtime, but be consistent

01/01/2007

If your organization hits a busy time and needs employees to work long hours, don’t hesitate to require everyone to pitch in. Federal rules allow you to require nonexempt employees to work overtime, so long as you pay them time-and-a-half for hours worked above 40 in a week …

Employee’s comment can serve as harassment ‘Notice’

01/01/2007

It doesn’t take much for employers to become liable for sexual harassment once someone in authority knows (or should have known) about the probability that harassment will occur. Actual knowledge that harassment has occurred isn’t necessary. In fact, liability can be triggered by something as minor as an employee’s comment that she is “uncomfortable” around a co-worker …

HR Management

Sample Policy: At-Will Employment

Sample Policy: Working Hours

Work at home or in any city; Sun offers flex-Office options

Different education standards for young applicants is legal

You can demand that staff work overtime, but be consistent

Employee’s comment can serve as harassment ‘Notice’

Court gives employees more power in age-Bias cases

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Sample Policy: Meal Breaks

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