W. Garnett & Associates: Human Capital Management Solutions » Workplace Violations http://wgarnett.com Human Capital Management Solutions For The REAL World Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Has Your Company Adopted A Formal Separation Process With Employees? http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/has-your-company-adopted-a-formal-separation-process-with-employees/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/has-your-company-adopted-a-formal-separation-process-with-employees/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:42:07 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=4423 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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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/what-role-should-employers-play-about-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace/feed/ 0 Do You Know How to Protect your Business From Workplace Retaliation Claims? http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/do-you-know-how-to-protect-your-business-from-workplace-retaliation-claims/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/do-you-know-how-to-protect-your-business-from-workplace-retaliation-claims/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:01:25 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=4403 Workplace Retaliation Claims can be extremely expensive to the organization if not handled correctly.  “We are certainly seeing an uptick in retaliation claims filed by current and former employees,” says Nicole Gray, an attorney in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at McDonald Hopkins. “Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that have expanded the rights of employees who complain about retaliation, energetic enforcement by federal agencies, and increased public awareness are all factors that could explain why retaliation claims are becoming more frequent.”

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/do-you-know-how-to-protect-your-business-from-workplace-retaliation-claims/feed/ 0 Companies Be aware of Mistakes That Make Compliance Efforts Fail http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/companies-be-aware-of-mistakes-that-make-compliance-efforts-fail/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/companies-be-aware-of-mistakes-that-make-compliance-efforts-fail/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:32:52 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=4413 The federal government plays a tremendous role in how a business must operate so be aware. For as much time and effort is spent at most enterprise and government organizations in complying with regulatory and standards body mandates, an awful lot of security firms can’t seem to get compliance right. A study earlier this year showed that half of organizations have failed an audit, and 75 percent were not sure they’d pass their audits in the future.

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/companies-be-aware-of-mistakes-that-make-compliance-efforts-fail/feed/ 0 Review the Tips For Dealing With Workplace Discrimination http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/review-the-tips-for-dealing-with-workplace-discrimination/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/review-the-tips-for-dealing-with-workplace-discrimination/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:14:10 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=4402 If your organization has not been trained in the areas of Title VII, beware. If a situation occurs that you think constitutes inequality, talk with your company’s human resources department and see what they would advise you to do. If your company doesn’t have a human resources department, talk with your supervisor. If your supervisor is the one who has committed the infraction, go to your supervisor’s supervisor. If there isn’t anyone who can help you to resolve the situation that you are in, it’s time to pull out the experts and hire a lawyer.

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]]> http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/protect-the-proper-handling-of-employee-discipline-or-termination/feed/ 0 How Unemployed Job Applicants are Being Weeded Out http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/how-unemployed-job-applicants-are-being-weeded-out/ http://wgarnett.com/wes-blog/how-unemployed-job-applicants-are-being-weeded-out/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:27:25 +0000 wgarnett http://wgarnett.com/?p=4038 Bob Rose, a supervisory trial attorney for the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, told HuffPost he frequently comes across cases of companies using codewords in employer profiles that indicate to a staffing firm the particular race, gender or age they want in a candidate.

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