Is your workplace and policies up-to-date since we have all had to change the way we work?? With many employers going to a totally remote work environment for their employees while others have adopted a hybrid model and some have remained traditional, all employers should review and appropriately revise their policies and practices. All things look very different now and so should your processes. How do you answer the following questions: Does your business have a clear remo

Employers, are you aware of the PRO Act ('Act') that is currently pending in the United States Congress as part of the Biden Administration's proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure legislation? You need to know what it is, what it says, and how it may impact your business. The Act, commonly known as the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act", removes significant points from the established unionization process making it easier for employees to unionize the workplace. Beyond th

As we've been discussing through my series, all businesses should perform a yearly audit of its employment practices to stay compliant and mitigate risk. This article is the last installment in the 3-part series identifying some key practices that should be a part of this review. Leave Mandates One word to describe the area of leave mandates for 2021 is complicated and thereby, putting pressure on a business's practices around it. The onset of the pandemic brought the federa

As described in my recently published Employment Practices Update Volume 1 (implementation of a remote work policy), businesses need to continue their yearly assessment of the employment practices they use. You've reviewed remote work and how your business intends to utilize it, now examine your drug testing policy. Conduct this review whether your policy tests pre-employment, randomly, post-accident, or based on reasonable suspicion and then ask yourself if your policy still