Employer Reports

2012 Employment Poster Guide

Alan Thayer — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:31:00 +0000

Employers are required by State and Federal law to post mandated employment posters. You can purchase the required posters from various services (and they do charge you for it) or you can use the posters we assembled for you for FREE as our gift to you. There are three updated posters for 2010. These are in addition to a number of new and updated posters required in 2008 and 2009. Instructions on which posters you must use in your business are set out below.

59 Employment Law Tips in 59 Minutes

Alan Thayer — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:29:24 +0000

Business people have given rave reviews to our 59 Employment Law Tips in 59 Minutes seminar. A copy of the slides for that presentation is now available for your review.

21 Ways to Prevent Employee Lawsuits

Alan Thayer — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Employees are going to lawyers in record numbers. According to Inc. magazine, employment discrimination suits rose 2,200% in just 20 years. According to another study, the discharged employees won two-thirds of the wrongful-discharge cases, with an average verdict of $732,000.

As if the risk of a jury verdict is not bad enough, Inc. found that defense costs in employment cases average between $20,000 and $200,000.

The good news is you can reduce your exposure in future potential employee lawsuits by adopting preventative legal strategies today. A list of 21 steps you can take to ensure you comply with at-will employment law basics and to protect your business are included in this report.

Crucial Employee Handbook Updates for 2009

Alan Thayer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:57:01 +0000

The effects of accelerating societal, technological and political change on your workplace were briefly discussed in our Employee Handbook Revisions 2005 to 2008 report. Also discussed was the need to update your employee handbook to keep up with new workplace laws and problems that result.

In 2009, employers faced numerous employment law changes as a result of new laws, new regulations and recent court decisions. Employers had to also prepare for new legislation that was likely to follow later in the year.

The employee handbook updates for 2009 were more numerous and more crucial than in recent years.

Employee Handbook Revisions 2005 to 2008

Alan Thayer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:21:38 +0000

Is your employee handbook up to date?

Change in modern workplaces now happens at a much faster pace than just a few years ago.

According to one authority, the amount of societal, technological and political change once attributed to a generation now occurs every 18 months. Educational authorities observe that children from the same family born just four years apart are from separate “generations.”

This change and new workplace laws and problems affect your workplace. Are you keeping up? Examples of employee handbook changes we have recommended in recent years are listed below.

2009 Employment Posters

Alan Thayer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:32:09 +0000

Employers are required by State and Federal law to post mandated employment posters. You can purchase the required posters from various services (and they do charge you for it) or you can use the posters we assembled for you for FREE as our gift to you. There are several new posters for 2009. These are in addition to the number of new posters required in 2008. Instructions on which posters you must use in your business are set out below.