Category Archives: employer policies

Talk versus Email: When Electronic Communications Gets You Sued

Posted on August 30, 2014 by mavity2012

  Electronic communications are a mixed blessing. Business is more efficient and new ways of commerce continue to open. However, ubiquitous electronic communications have eroded our personal time and presented near-addicting distractions. From a legal standpoint, electronic communications, and especially … Continue reading →

Posted in ADA, attitude/culture, discipline and discharge, discrimination, employer policies, generational differences, internal investigations, performance improvement, social media, training, whistleblower/retaliation | Leave a comment

Why Am I Still Getting Sued By Employees?

Posted on August 29, 2014 by mavity2012

(From Industrial Distribution Magazine). After covering union challenges and safety compliance concerns in previous articles, we’ll conclude the series by discussing those common employment law claims that continue to vex distribution employers. I will deviate from the usual format and … Continue reading →

Posted in ADA, aging workforce, attitude/culture, discipline and discharge, discrimination, EEOC, employer policies, generational differences, harassment, managing legal matters, supervisor development, whistleblower/retaliation | Leave a comment

Two New Webinars: Bullying, the NLRB and Its War On Employer Rules and “Live From the AGC National Safety Committee Meeting.”

Posted on June 25, 2014 by mavity2012

Dealing With Workplace Bullying And Misconduct While The NLRB Challenges Your Rules Join us for a Webinar on July 24 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/137864872 A quarter of American Workers claim to have been seriously … Continue reading →

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Did Your Business Learn From This Year’s Apocalyptic Storms?

Posted on March 3, 2014 by mavity2012

Laura Stack posted an excellent INC. article, “You Can’t Stop A Polar Vortex, But You Can Be Ready For The Next One.”  While I travel constantly, I live in Atlanta, so this is a visceral subject to me both as … Continue reading →

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Straight Talk On Employee Handbooks.

Posted on February 27, 2014 by mavity2012

A useful piece by my friend and partner, Jennifer Sandberg.  While she wrote this piece for credit unions, the recommendations apply to any industry setting. This article was also featured at http://www.cumanagement.org.  Jennifer is one of our attorneys who most … Continue reading →

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The EEOC and OSHA Are Expanding Their Focus To the Whole Company … All of It.

Posted on February 7, 2014 by mavity2012

An EEOC “systemic” investigation can be as miserable as a class action lawsuit for employers.  As we have discussed before, the EEOC has encouraged its management and investigators to scrutinize single claimant EEOC charges for possible expansion to a burdensome … Continue reading →

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Protecting Workers At Customers’ Homes and Work Sites

Posted on January 20, 2014 by mavity2012

Construction employers have made progress in managing individual employees and crews at multiemployer sites. Similarly, although mistakes still occur, we’ve got over 40 years experience complying with OSHA on the shop floor. Unfortunately, neither setting represents the increasingly common work … Continue reading →

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OSHA Citations, Lost Production and Getting Lean

Posted on December 30, 2013 by mavity2012

In our competitive environment, every manufacturer struggles to do more with less and to find capital for “non-production” areas, such as maintenance, safety, training, housekeeping and HR.  If done in a shortsighted fashion, the employer learns through painful experience the … Continue reading →

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“Best HR, Legal, Safety & Leadership Stuff I Read Last Week”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by mavity2012

I’m still working on how to summarize my large volume of Tweets of great material from  EHS, TLNT, HBR and others.  Until I come up with a better method, I’ll periodically prepare this sort of digest.  I hope that my … Continue reading →

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Should We Expect Happy Employees?

Posted on November 24, 2013 by mavity2012

I do not often think in terms of looking for “happiness” at work.  My self-made World War II Vet dad raised me to focus on responsibility and to not expect easy roads.  Nevertheless, is it unrealistic to talk about “happiness” … Continue reading →

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