Other HR

The investigation of sexual harassment complaints, what to include in your personnel handbook, the art of interviewing are all topics of interest if you own or run a law firm. Indeed, as times change, so do business conditions and needs. An employer’s practices may no longer work well when the employer has doubled or tripled in size. This is FindLaw’s collection of HR articles that do not fit neatly into a single category, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Other HR Articles

How Do You Create an Employee Handbook?

You have finally decided to write a personnel handbook or to revise the one that has been laying around for years. But what policies should you include? And how do you guarantee that the manual will become a useful tool, and not your worst enemy? This article contains a helpful list of seven important rules to keep in mind when creating your employee handbook.

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Severance Agreements: Friend Or Foe?

FindLaw's review of the contractual nature of severance agreements and how they may potentially waive critical rights of a departing employee through a release of claims.

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Legal Department Priorities and Time Allocation: Who’s In Charge?

Time management is one of the core issues for corporate counsel. Learn more about legal department priorities and time allocation, who is really in charge?

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What Are an Employer’s Obligations toward Alcoholic Employees

In several recent decisions, courts have recognized that current or recovering alcoholics may be entitled to protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Learn more about workplace policies in this article.

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Counseling the HR Function – Documents, Systems and Compliance Programs

My last two posts have focused on working with the human resources (or "HR") professionals at your company and I've discussed what HR does and the legal and regulatory landscape for HR activities. In this last post in the series on counseling the HR ...
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Counseling the HR Function – The Legal and Regulatory Landscape

In my last post I tried to set a foundation for counseling the human resources function, or "HR", by explaining just what HR does. It's important to understand the strategic importance of HR, how the HR function evolves and the scope of activities ...
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Hiring Women and Minority Attorneys – One General Counsel’s Perspective

"We understand that your firm is and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer and that your firm will continue to actively recruit and promote women and minorities. We ask that the first person you consider for assignment to the case be a ...
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Five Tips For Safely Hiring Employees From The Competition And Avoiding A Lawsuit

Savvy companies are always on the lookout for talented, experienced employees. Usually, the best candidates are already working for a competitor; after all, they know the business and their learning curve is short. While adding a highly qualified ...
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Managing Employee Absenteeism

When an employee works a standard five-day week, one can assume 260 workdays exist annually. After subtracting 10 days on average for vacation and another 10 days for federal, state and local holidays, an employer could expect 240 workdays a year ...
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Massachusetts: Material Change in Employment Relationship Could Invalidate Prior Restrictive Covenant

For years, commentators have viewed Massachusetts as neutral territory for the enforcement of noncompete agreements. An employer’s need to protect its most important assets, including the company’s strategic vision, customer base, and trade secrets ...
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