By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA A few recent California court of appeal decisions have us shaking our collective heads over the extended liability employers have for employees who are off the job and off company premises. We'll begin with a situation that occurred after a...
We are receiving an increasing number of inquiries from California business owners on the compensation insights and trends for 2014. We're pleased to see the interest from and the ability for employers to finally begin to consider recognizing employees with...
By Christopher W. Olmsted It turns out that your Human Resources Director’s anxiety over possible labor agency audits is not mere paranoia; the government really is out to get you. The California labor agency, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE)...
The California Department of Industrial Relations just issued a revised fourth edition of the "Workers' Compensation Guide in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers." This 94 page document is chock full of information employers should also know. There are two...
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA Minimizing Risks in Employment Terminations We receive calls everyday from employers ready to terminate employees for any number of reasons. We're their sounding board, giving them a learned ear to think out loud about the options and...
The recent US Supreme Court rulings in the cases of United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry, resulted in the elimination of a significant section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the dismissal of a challenge to a lower court's ruling...
By Richard Pinsker, CMC and FIMC Pinsker and Company If you agree with me that employees are your most valuable asset, then hiring great talent is one of your top priorities. Most companies have some sort of hiring process to acquire talent, but those that make the...
Daily Tricks & Tips to Greater Productivity As a practice, whenever I speak to a group of businesspeople, I always offer them a 1/2 hour free coaching session with me. No matter the level or position in the organization, the majority of the time, the coaching...
By Kim Silvers, SPHR-CA What are the Five Most Common HR Questions? We receive many phone call and email inquiries everyday from California employers. Many calls are about employee performance issues and how to deal with them. (How to deal with the non-performers,...
