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COVID-19 Liability Protection Laws Provide False Sense of Security to Business Leaders

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Those Covid-19 Liability Protection Laws your state passed won’t prevent liabilities! Continue reading

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What “Mask Mandate Bans” Mean for the Workplace (And What They Don’t)

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“Can I require my employees to wear masks even though the Governor of my state banned mask mandates”? -Employers in States Buzzing about “Mask Mandates” Employers frequently ask me if they can mandate that their employees wear masks per state … Continue reading

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Current Trends in COVID-19 Legal Liabilities & OSHA Violations

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In a Hypothetical Situation, How Would You Defend Yourself? According to the most recent legal and insurance trends, employers will need to prove that they had adequate protective measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. … Continue reading

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Minimizing COVID-19 Liabilities in the Workplace

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The most frequently asked pandemic-related questions I get from employers reflect their desire to minimize legal liabilities and the financial burdens associated with them. The pandemic is bringing a surge of typical employment-related lawsuits (ie. discrimination,  retaliation, etc.)  as well … Continue reading

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Workers Compensation & COVID-19

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Workers Compensation Coverage for COVID-19 Infections Depending on the state, Workers Compensation does not usually cover “ordinary diseases of life” such as the common cold or flu, in part because it is difficult to determine where one contracted the illness.  … Continue reading

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HR Tips for Managing Work Comp & Injury Expenses

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In most states, employers are legally required to carry Workers’ Compensation Insurance, although that requirement may be contingent upon the size of the business. It protects the company in the event that an employee is injured on the job and … Continue reading

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Great Leaders Delegate & Here’s Why!

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If you’re a leader who chooses not to delegate to others, then there is a good chance that you’re not as useful to your employer as you think you are. Supervisors use many excuses not to share the workload, but … Continue reading

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Communication Skills That Minimize Conflict!

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The workplace can certainly be a breeding ground for unwelcome conflict. After many years of dissecting conflict, I’ve found conflict is usually derived from misunderstandings that stem from two aspects of communication: how well we listen and how we communicate … Continue reading

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Hiring the Right Person: The Art of Developing Behavioral-Interview Questions

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If you want a list of questions to ask candidates during a job interview, one can easily type the term “job interview questions” into their favorite search engine. However, unless those job interview questions are structured a certain way, studies … Continue reading

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Attention Supervisors: Hold Employees Accountable! No Excuses!

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The supervisors who are all too eager to jump on poor performance unfairly are usually the ones who come to mind when we think of “toxic supervisors”. However, poor morale, high turnover, incompetence and preventable expenses spread like wild fire … Continue reading

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Optimizing the Board’s Role in Employee Development!

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Ensuring that an organization has systems to sustain long and short term growth is a major function of the nonprofit board of directors.  Enjoying  some immunity from the potential deleterious effects of  the external environment is necessary if a board … Continue reading

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