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Stay alert for these 6 legal billing errors

Good legal advice is usually worth every penny, but you’re wise to carefully review the invoices your attorneys send.

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Good as the real thing? Verify electronic signatures

It’s vital for you to have a system to authenticate that an electronic signature was executed by a particular person.

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Keep employees focused during these turbulent times

Here are some tips on focusing employees on the tasks at hand even as they manage election-year anxiety—or argue about politics.

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How to handle requests for confidentiality

When it comes to confidentiality, HR professionals should—or must, by law—inform management about certain kinds of information.

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15 question to assess your handbook

Use these 15 questions to analyze the thoroughness of your employee handbook:

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Let’s talk politics (or not): Regulating political expression at work

Employers have the legal right to control employees’ activities on the job. That includes putting a stop to political activism or political solicitations at work.

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Employee monitoring: What courts say you can do

How far can you go in monitoring employees? Legal lines divide what is and is not permitted.

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Avoid grooming rules that ban religious hairstyles

Many employers haven’t yet revamped their policies in light of 2023's Supreme Court ruling—and that’s triggering a flurry of EEOC complaints and religious-discrimination lawsuits.

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DOL guidance: Despite AI, the FLSA & FMLA still need human oversight

The Department of Labor isn’t buying the AI-will-soon-replace-HR argument. In new guidance, the DOL maintains that human oversight is still necessary when it comes to complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act and the FMLA.

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Troubled workers? They may be espionage targets

Your stressed-out, burned-out employees may pose a risk that runs deeper than poor productivity and lousy morale. They could become targets of foreign interests.

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