Listen "Mitigating Risk with Employee Handbooks (with Ken Siepman)"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss employee handbook best practices with expert Ken Siepman.
Topics include:
Responsibilities and requirements around employee handbooks
Tips for creating employee handbooks that will actually be read and used
The risks of not having an employee handbook
Staying compliant with Section 7 of NLRA regarding protected concerted activity
Suggestions for keeping your social media and professional conduct policies compliant
Requirements for having employee handbooks available in different languages
No swearing policies
New items being included in handbooks
In this episode's listener question, a few listeners asked us about what to do after having been written up. In the news, the EEOC reported that 18.8% of EEOC charges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 were for religious discrimination.
Full show notes and links are available here: https://getjoypowered.com/show-notes-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/
A transcript of the episode can be found here: https://getjoypowered.com/transcript-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/
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Topics include:
Responsibilities and requirements around employee handbooks
Tips for creating employee handbooks that will actually be read and used
The risks of not having an employee handbook
Staying compliant with Section 7 of NLRA regarding protected concerted activity
Suggestions for keeping your social media and professional conduct policies compliant
Requirements for having employee handbooks available in different languages
No swearing policies
New items being included in handbooks
In this episode's listener question, a few listeners asked us about what to do after having been written up. In the news, the EEOC reported that 18.8% of EEOC charges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 were for religious discrimination.
Full show notes and links are available here: https://getjoypowered.com/show-notes-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/
A transcript of the episode can be found here: https://getjoypowered.com/transcript-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/
Connect with us:
@JoyPowered on Instagram: https://instagram.com/joypowered
@JoyPowered on Facebook: https://facebook.com/joypowered
@JoyPowered on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/joypowered
Sign up for our email newsletter: https://getjoypowered.com/newsletter/
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