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Where To Store Drug-Test Paperwork?

07/19/2007

We drug test regularly. Do I have to put the test results in a separate confidential file …

The Legal Risk Of Keeping Records Off Site

07/19/2007

We store most of our records off site. Are there any consequences of keeping them there?

When Supervisors Keep ‘Unofficial’ Personnel Files

07/19/2007

Some of our managers keep personnel files that they don’t share with HR. Basically, these are “journals” about their employees. Is that OK, or should everything be kept in a centralized personnel file?

Immigration reform: States pick up ball U.S. Senate dropped

07/17/2007

When the U.S. Senate failed to pass comprehensive immigration-reform legislation last month, the problem didn’t go away. Now states are stepping in to craft local solutions to problems related to undocumented immigrants. Employers are likely to bear the enforcement burden.

The new EEO-1 form: Prepare for big changes

07/10/2007

Many employers need to file the EEOC’s annual EEO-1 report by September 30. Get ready for big changes, as the form has been significantly revised for the first time in 40 years.

Track discipline companywide to show no double standard

07/01/2007

One of the most common employment law claims is the uneven enforcement of workplace rules. The only foolproof way to counter such lawsuits …

Lucent wrote the book on tech security, but forgot to read it

07/01/2007

A disk containing the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, salaries and other personal information for all Lucent employees in the United States went missing in Somerset County between April 5 and May 3 …

ChildNet could have used ‘Dragnet’ detective work

06/01/2007

Two facility managers for ChildNet, the agency that runs Broward County’s child welfare system, were fired after being implicated in several thefts at the agency …

Log for leave requests can save the day

06/01/2007

Problem employees—the kind that see discrimination, harassment and retaliation every time a supervisor so much as issues an oral warning for anything—won’t hesitate to sue and charge retaliation. They may even seek redress for minor slights by requesting FMLA leave and trying to trip you up if your response is not to their liking …

Remind employees: As Coke verdict shows, stealing secrets can earn jail time

05/25/2007

The recent sentencing of a Coca-Cola employee who tried to steal (and sell) the secret formula serves as a cautionary tale for your employees about the confidentiality of trade secrets. Here’s a five-step strategy for shoring up your trade-secret walls and making sure confidential info stays in-house.