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How to Create a Harassment Prevention Strategy for Your Business
Harassment is a significant risk to organizations today. It is necessary to commit to a prevention strategy that focuses on improving the culture of the workplace and avoiding legal liability and negative public attention. The following are basic principles proven...
How AI Could Impact Your FMLA Administration
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor recently published a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) warning that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated systems could cause employers to violate laws WHD enforces, including...
Updated New York Laws on Prenatal Leave, Lactation Time, and COVID Leave
The recently enacted New York budget for fiscal year 2024-25 includes provisions mandating paid employee prenatal leave and lactation break time, and repealing the state’s COVID-19 sick leave law. The provisions have different effective dates in 2024 and 2025. Paid...
How to Support Employees After the Death of a Coworker
No matter the circumstances, the death of a coworker will come as a shock. As those who knew or worked with the deceased grieve and process the loss, those employees will need empathy, understanding, and support from leadership. You also have to keep operations going...
