by Jules Halpern | Jan 25, 2018 | Discrimination, Employee Handbook, Employee Performance, Employee Relations, Employer Liability, Employer Policies, Employment Law, Employment Trends, Human Resources, Management, Millennials, Training, Workplace Insights
On average, 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day and by 2020 millennials (ages 18-34) are expected to make up more than half of the total U.S. workforce. A large percentage of supervisors experience difficulties transitioning from being an individual contributor...
by Jules Halpern | Dec 20, 2017 | Employer Liability, Employer Policies, Employment Law, Harassment, Human Resources, Management, Sexual Harassment, Training, Workplace Culture
Over the past few months, with the incidents involving Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey, and many others in the backdrop, numerous articles have emerged criticizing the effectiveness of anti-harassment training. Some have argued that sexual harassment cases...
by Jules Halpern | Aug 31, 2017 | Employment Law, Employment Trends, Payment of Wages, Training, USDOL
Employees often spend hours of their employment in meetings, training courses and lectures. A potentially unclear area for employers is whether and under which conditions employers are required to pay an employee for training time. Employers are often unsure if...
by Jules Halpern | Jul 27, 2017 | Employee Handbook, Employment Trends, Human Resources, Restrictive Covenants
The bring your own device (“BYOD”) trend has been advanced by millennials in the workplace. BYOD policies allow employees to use their personal devices (i.e., cell phones and laptops) for work-related matters rather than using employer issued devices. Many employers...
by Jules Halpern | Jun 29, 2017 | Employee Handbook, Employment Law, Gender/ Sex, Harassment, Investigations, Sexual Harassment
As seen in recent news, sexual harassment allegations seem to be a continuing issue for employers, despite their initiatives to prevent such claims. As discussed in another article in this month’s Newsletter, establishing a healthy work culture aids in avoiding...