Updating your Employee Handbook will go a long way toward lowering your liability exposure. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 99,947 discrimination charges were filed in 2011. Employees file charges under multiple cateogories. One way to help protect your organization is to develop and adhere to an employee handbook. Employee handbooks can […]
Wage-and-hour lawsuits are becoming a major concern for employers. Many factors have led to an increase in wage-and-hour claims including the complexity of federal and state laws as well as workers laid off due to the continued poor economy. According to the Department of Labor there were 40,000 wage-and-hour complaints during 2010, a 15% […]