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Bring Your Own Device Policies for Today's Workplace
XpertHR has updated its Employment Law Manual and published a new policy to help an employer that allows employees to bring their own mobile devices to the workplace avoid compromising security or privacy.

Request to Inspect or Copy Personnel File Form: California
A California employer can use this form to comply with new 2013 requirements providing employees access to their personnel files.

How to Implement a Paycard Program
This new How To helps an employer that wishes to use paycards to pay wages to employees who are either hesitant to obtain a bank account that can accept direct deposits or are unable to obtain an account for financial reasons.

Exit Interview Dos and Don'ts - Chart
This chart details best practices - as well as bad practices to be avoided - for conducting exit interviews that will yield candid and useful information.

NEW! Export Policies and Documents to Word® With the Touch of a Button

XpertHR offers dozens of policies and documents that can be adapted to a variety of ends, from the Employment Offer Letter Form for hiring to the Terminate an At-Will Employee for Misconduct - Checklist for firing.

To make them even easier to customize, all policies, documents and supervisor briefings can now be downloaded as a Microsoft Word file. To do so, simply click on the Download button in the "About this item" box in the upper right-hand corner.


State News


  Social Media Privacy Bills Proposed From Coast (Maine) to Coast (Washington)
  Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Reform Affects Seasonal Workers
  New Jersey Could Join Ban the Box Trend
  Illinois and Michigan Provide Driving Privileges for Illegal Immigrants

Federal News

  OFCCP Posts Criminal Records Directive
  Rising Retaliation Claims Reveal Need for Improved Employer Termination Procedures
  7th Circuit Raises Bar for FLSA Collective Actions
  Third Parties Do Not Absolve Employers from ADA Obligations   BASF Settles Retaliation Claim Alleging Illegal Last Chance Agreements
  Recent Lawsuits Highlight Common Discrimination Issues for Retail Employers
  Prior Romantic Tryst Does Not Make Harassing Conduct 'Welcome'
  Union Pledges to Halt Attempts to Unionize Wal-Mart Employees
  K-Mart to Pay $3 Million for FCRA Background Check Violations

Contributor Spotlight


Robin E. Shea has more than 20 years' experience representing employers in labor and employment law and is a partner in the Winston-Salem, NC, office of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP. Ms. Shea is a frequent speaker and writer on employment law topics, and is editor in chief of Constangy's client publications. Read more...

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What's New This Week?

Updates were made to several country guides in our International Manual:

  Belgium - Notice periods.
  France - Figures for permitted deductions from pay.
  Greece - Income tax rates and thresholds, and new "extraordinary contribution for solidarity" tax.
  Netherlands - National minimum wage rate, the official retirement age, income tax rate and thresholds, annual pay ceiling for national insurance contributions, pay ceiling for employees absent from work due to sickness, increased public holidays, and ceiling for state benefits during pregnancy and maternity leave.
  Norway - Rights of employees returning from parental leave, and increased leave to care for a closely related and terminally ill individual.
  Singapore - Maternity and pregnancy rights, upcoming extension of right to childcare leave, new right to paternity leave.
  Sweden - Additional rights for temporary agency workers.


What discrimination risks do employers face if they use social media in recruitment?


Individuals who use social media, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs, often disclose information that is considered protected by equal employment opportunity laws as well as privacy laws. Read more...
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