Has Your Company Adopted A Formal Separation Process With Employees?
Company’s should not separate employees from the organization without good reasons. If you are terminating someone and they feel dis-respected they will feel angry. If they feel like they have been mistreated they will look for something to file a lawsuit on. And if you have not been incompliance in wage and hour, or EEO matters, or safety or a myriad of other things that is what they will hang their hat on.
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Human Capital Management
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What is Form I-9 and What is the Importance of I-9 Compliance?
How compliant is your company with the Form I-9 requirements? Since 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has mandated the use of a Form I-9 by all U.S. employers. This form is used for employment eligibility verification of all newly hired employees – both citizen and non-citizen – and must be completed within three business days of employment.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Human Resources Diamond in the Rough – Exit Interviews
Does your company have an internal process for speaking with employees leaving the organization? Those exit interviews are diamonds in the rough for Human Resources. They’re your best–and last–chance to capture actionable, honest and critical feedback from a departing employee. In this article, I’ll present an argument for this undervalued stage in talent management, and highlight the three components of an ideal offboarding strategy.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Have You Scheduled A Review Of Your Employment Practices For 2012?
There are significant changes to employment practices for 2012, are you ready? The Wage and Hour Division expects to conduct an additional 3,250 investigations in 2012, which will mainly target industries with higher rates of violations. These industries are construction, child care, home health care, grocery stores, janitorial businesses, poultry and meat processing, business services and landscaping.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
The DOL Has Recruited Allied States To Reduce Worker Misclassification
Company’s should audit their agreements on exempt employees and independent contractors to address any misclassification issues. On December 5, 2011, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the improper classification of employees as independent contractors.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
What Are The Pros And Cons Of Severance Agreements?
Company’s should take a hard look before their offer departing employees severance agreements. Some employers pay employees a lump sum at the end of their tenure in order to tide them over until they find a new job, and never enter into a contractual agreement with them. This is perfectly legal, but it should be seen as a gift and nothing more.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Businesses Should Leave I-9 Audits To The Professionals
Company’s should audit their Form I-9’s annually, with a trained internal employee or an outside professional organization. One of the most common questions for employers under the Alabama Immigration Law is “how can I show a good faith belief my current workers are legal?” This question comes often as cities, counties and state agencies begin to send out letters to those who do business with them and are being asked to sign an E-Verify Affidavit of Compliance.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Review Your Hiring Practices Because The EEOC Will Be
The EEOC is focusing on failure to hire. In late September, it sued sporting goods retailer Bass Pro Outdoor World, LLC, alleging that it engaged in a pattern or practice of failing to hire African American and Hispanic applicants for jobs in its retail stores nationwide. The lawsuit also alleges that Bass Pro unlawfully destroyed or failed to keep records and documents related to employment applications and internal discrimination complaints and punished employees who opposed its unlawful practices.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
Form I-9 Errors Will be Costly for Violators
Errors completing the Form I-9 will be expensive for violating companies. Internal I-9 Audits should be in writing, and should involve not only correction of errors, but also updates in policies and procedures and training, to ensure good corrections and prevention of future errors. Audits should be conducted by quailed, well trained, impartial auditors who are able to review I-9 from the point of view of preparing the employer to defend itself from DHS.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
The Majority of Colorado Businesses Not Verifying Employees Eligibility
Colorado businesses has a responsibility to verify employees eligibility. More than half of Colorado businesses have failed to comply with a state law that requires them to verify that new employees are in the country legally, according to an audit released earlier this week.
Auditors found that the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is not doing enough to assure compliance with the law, adopted during a 2006 special session of the General Assembly focusing on illegal immigration.
W. Garnett & Associates
Human Capital Management
1-303-658-9342
