Workplace Dating: How Sexual Harassment Policy Mitigates Risks
Relationships can and do happen in the workplace. It’s not surprising, given working adults spend much of their lives at work. A study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management revealed that one in three workers have been involved in a relationship with a co-worker before. Of those who had never been in a workplace relationship […]
Communicating a Substance Use Work Policy in Cannabis Legal States
Coming to a state near you: Cannabis legalization. The cultivation, possession, and recreational use of cannabis in person’s age 21 and above has already become legal in 10 U.S. states and Washington D.C. so far, with 33 additional states and the U.S. territories of Guam and Puerto Rico also allowing cannabis and CBD oil products […]
California Requires Janitorial Workers Registration
California’s Property Service Workers Protection Act was enacted in July 2018. The law requires all janitorial employers to register with the Labor Commissioner’s Office (starting July 1, 2018) and provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training every two years (starting January 1, 2019). How do you register? 1. Gather all required documents (View). 2. Submit a new […]
New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements for California Businesses
California employers will soon be required to update their employee training procedures once again with the newly-passed Senate Bill 1343 which requires both supervisory employees as well as non-supervisory employees to undergo comprehensive sexual harassment training every two years. The new mandate goes into effect January 1, 2020. Californians aren’t new to sexual harassment workplace […]
Is the Equal Pay Act Equal?
Equal Pay Act of 1963 abolished wage disparities, or did it? Today we still see many differences in wages between men and women. Robin Paggi, Training and Development Specialist at Worklogic HR, discusses these differences.
New Year, New Laws
Happy 2018! It’s a New Year full of new laws and Worklogic HR’s Training and Development Specialist, Robin Paggi is here to introduce the start of a short video series you’ll only see here. Today Robin will highlight some of the current employment laws that employers, supervisors, and HR professionals need to know to stay […]
Think harassment is limited to celebrities and politicians? Think again.
It’s been an interesting morning. Hours after learning that NBC had fired Matt Lauer over “inappropriate sexual conduct”, Minnesota Public Radio announced that it had terminated Garrison Keillor (of “A Prairie Home Companion” fame) for his indiscretions in the workplace. What started as a ripple had turned into a full blow tsunami of revolt. Every […]
Why Reference Checks Are a Waste of Time
If you’re an employer who asks applicants to provide you with a list of references to contact, you might want to stop for two reasons: 1) the list will probably only include people who will say good things about them, and 2) it might include people who have no direct knowledge about their work experience […]
Single User Restrooms In California Now All-Gender
AB 1732, effective March 1st, 2017, enacted the most progressive statewide restroom access policy in the nation, requiring all single occupancy restrooms (rooms with a toilet and/or urinal and sink) in businesses, government buildings and places of public accommodation to be available to everyone regardless of gender or gender identity. The reasoning behind the bill […]
The Sex(t) Talk
Office romance. It happens. As an HR Professionals I would prefer that romance in the workplace was eradicated and we all worked in a platonic utopia full of sunshine and smiles, but unfortunately we all must endure the consequences (and employer liability) of being a human. We spend 8 hours a day, five days a […]
