Editor's Choice

All Items: Workplace Safety

  • Don't Let January 1 Compliance Requirements Give You the Chills

    Numerous legislative changes take effect on or about January 1, affecting minimum wage rates, employee leaves, health care benefits and more. HR should take note of these legal developments and take appropriate steps to comply.

  • Summer 2019 Compliance Requirements Heat Up

    Date:
    July 18, 2019

    July 1 brings many new requirements with which employers must comply, covering topics such as gender-neutral restrooms, e-cigarettes, discrimination and harassment, minimum wage, leaves of absence and recruiting and hiring. This article provides an overview of trending topics in employment law and a list of all new requirements by state.

  • Domestic Violence

    XpertHR offers many tools and resources to help an employer manage domestic violence at work.

  • Opioid Epidemic and the Workplace

    Date:
    March 23, 2018

    Opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions with increased loss of life from overdoses and more than $18 billion a year in lost productivity and medical expenses for employers. XpertHR offers many tools and resources to help an employer take steps to prevent drug use and drug-related problems at their workplace and help employees who are suffering from addiction.

  • Extreme Weather Events

    Date:
    August 17, 2017

    An employer should prepare its employees and workplace for extreme weather events. XpertHR rounds up resources to help an employer for such an event.

  • Active Shooter Events

    It is important for employees to know ahead of time what to do in order to keep themselves and others safe in the event of an active shooter event. XpertHR rounds up resources to help an employer prepare its workplace and its workforce for such an incident.

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Editor's Choice: HR considerations for employers regarding all areas of workplace safety. Advice and guidance on creating and keeping safety in the workplace.

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