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What Contractors Do or Don’t Do That Gets Them In Trouble

No one wants to make a hiring mistake. And certainly no one wants to hire a problem employee. Once the hiring process is done, there are laws to comply with. This is also true when firing an employee. However, many managers and owners make legal mistakes that are unbeknownst to them. Some examples are below.

Come on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 to learn what to legally do in these bad situations:

Misclassify employees that you believe are exempt (salaried) when, in fact, they are nonexempt (hourly).
Confusion over who, when, & how to pay overtime.
Terminating employees who are on Workers’ Compensation.
Failing to document employee policies & benefits in an employee handbook.
Keeping poor employees because of the mistaken belief that they will improve, but they never do.
Tolerating profanity, sexual or racial jokes, & comments in the office and/or jobsite.
Failing to take employee complaints or charges of harassment seriously.
Hiring employees without a rigorous hiring process, e.g., recruitment, advertising, interviewing, telephone screens, etc.
Failing to conduct sexual harassment training for all employees.
Cutting deals with employees over their employee benefits & compensation.
Lack of consistency & fairness among employees.
Lack of knowledge about the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act.
Confusion about obligations about the various leaves of absence, e.g., pregnancy, disability, Workers Compensation, Family Medical Leave Act, etc.

Larry Levy is an employee relations management consultant and trainer. He also serves as an on-call human resources manager to small and mid-size employers, conducts investigations, and presents specialized seminars. Prior to opening his practice Larry spent 15 years in a corporate environment preceded by 9 years as a Marin County Adult Probation Officer. Larry has completed graduate work toward a master's degree in counseling psychology, and attends 10 to 12 labor seminars each year.

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