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Employers Beware: There Are Rising Legal Risks Of Rigid RTO Policies

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The insistence of employers on a full return to the office, without considering individual circumstances, could lead to a surge in legal issues — particularly discrimination claims. Are employers walking into a legal storm by enforcing rigid return-to-office (RTO) mandates? In a lawsuit against Electric Boat Corp.,

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How to Have Difficult Financial Planning Conversations with Aging Parents

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In some cases, they opt to organize family meetings in which everyone can be clear about responsibilities such as who will oversee health and legal decisions for parents, parental wishes for living arrangements, their available resources including various types of insurance, and how inheritances will be apportioned.

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A Single Disaster Kills 40% Of Businesses — Stop Putting Off Contingency Planning

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A number of these disruptions occur as natural phenomena and are often referred to as “Acts of God” in the legal field. Defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, the most widely referenced legal dictionary in the U.S., Defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, the most widely referenced legal dictionary in the U.S.,

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Members of European Parliament back charter to ‘revolutionise workplace wellbeing’

Workplace Insight

The proposed solutions include increasing access to coworking spaces, curbing employee surveillance software, and establishing the first-ever legal definition for what constitutes a healthy relationship with technology in the workplace.

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The Perils Of Ignoring Sexual Harassment Training

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines workplace harassment as “unwelcome or offensive conduct that is detrimental to an employer’s work performance, professional advancement, and/or mental health.”. What does effective anti-harassment training look like?

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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

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While some variance may occur between companies, certain papers commonly belong in these files and some definitely do not. Health insurance forms. Also, many employers who provide group health plans are subject to privacy obligations under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Menopause gift bags and monitoring toilet breaks: why are employers getting menopause support so wrong?

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This means that there is no legal obligation for employers to support employees going through the menopause unless the effects on a particular employee are so severe that they meet the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or they constitute a health and safety concern.

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