Restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons, call centers, and customer-focused offices often have “just enough” staffing on hand at any given time. Limited staffing makes it challenging to relieve an employee for a rest period or meal break. An employee who leaves the...
Employers should always be thorough in screening potential employees. Reference checks, background and drug screenings, as well as employment verification are all critical to the hiring process for any business, but sometimes, even when an employer makes the best...
A recent news story discussed a sandwich restaurant chain requiring its workers to sign non-compete agreements, which essentially state that if a worker leaves, they cannot get a new job at another sandwich restaurant chain within 3 miles of the restaurant for two...
Many organizations dedicate minimal time, if any, to evacuation and workplace safety, unless they are engaged in a high risk industry. The mindset of “it will never happen to me,” or “that could never possibly happen here!” is a common reason...
There are workplace safety rules for almost every conceivable category of jobs or tasks, courtesy of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The underlying law, set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, also requires employers to...
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