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