Business owners with small teams of four or five people usually ignore (or aren’t aware of) the importance of an employee handbook. Even the term “employee handbook” sounds overly official and may ...

Joycelyn Stevenson, office managing shareholder at Litter, shares the top five handbook questions she receives from clients ...

As with any legal document a company needs, there are great examples and horrible examples of employee guidelines, with lots of boring ones sprinkled throughout. While it is critical that the handbook ...

With harassment verdicts against employers routinely running into millions of dollars, employers need written policies prohibiting all types of workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

You’re well aware of how important it is for employees to understand and follow HR policies like paid time off and dress code. The challenge is that communicating about policies is always a delicate ...

Crafting or updating a company's handbook is a crucial task that requires careful consideration of which policies should be non-negotiable and when to allow for flexibility. Striking the right balance ...

In August, the National Labor Relations Board issued its long-awaited decision in Stericycle, Inc., overturning its more employer-friendly Boeing decision, which had governed agency doctrine on ...

HR has long struggled with employee communications, but there are several ways employers can get workers’ attention. In preparing for a virtual open enrollment season, for example, sources previously ...

A New Jersey judge has reversed a previous decision he says was based on his own inadequate assessment, now rejecting an employer's bid to compel arbitration of a workplace discrimination suit based ...

Recent appellate court action has activated a new handbook requirement affecting New York employers. Initially, a lower court issued an injunction blocking certain provisions of the 2019 New York ...