Fall is typically filled with hoary traditions for Human Resources, like open enrollment, holiday party behavior warnings, and the usual scramble to finish the year’s strategic agenda. Too often, updating employment practices in the wake of new legislation is left by the wayside. But, as has been the case in past years, California recently passed laws that will impact employee handbooks, job applications, and the state’s mandatory harassment prevention training beginning in January 2018, […]

In our experience, the lead up to Christmas and the New Year is when employers often look ahead to their staffing needs for the upcoming year. Often, it is at this time that employers identify employment issues.

It might be an employee who’s not performing, it may be a need to run a different staffing structure, or an employee may have done something wrong. The reality is that processes are needed to deal with all […]