Author: HRWatchdog

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Posted in Discrimination Harassment Training

Conduct Workplace Investigations with Confidence

An employee has made a complaint, alleging that a manager has continually asked her out after work and is now retaliating against her for rebuffing…

2025 VETS-4212 Filing Period Begins
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Posted in Reporting Requirements

2025 VETS-4212 Filing Period Begins

Certain nonexempt federal contractors and subcontractors can now file their Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) report of their affirmative action efforts to employ protected veterans. The…

Keeping Up with Mid-Year Employment Law Updates
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Posted in General

Keeping Up with Mid-Year Employment Law Updates

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel, Labor and Employment Bianca Saad, CalChamber Associate General Counsel, Labor and Employment Matthew Roberts and…

CalChamber Continues Push to Make Workplace Violence Prevention Standard Rule Workable
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Posted in Workplace Safety

CalChamber Continues Push to Make Workplace Violence Prevention Standard Rule Workable

In comments submitted recently to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), a coalition led by the California Chamber of Commerce continues its…

Posted in Hiring Workplace Safety

What to Do When Pre-Job Test Shows Rehab Prescription Drug Use

We made a conditional offer of employment to an applicant subject to a pre-employment drug test. His test came back positive for Suboxone. He has…

Clearing Common Misconceptions About Workplace Violence Prevention Standards
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Posted in Workplace Safety

Clearing Common Misconceptions About Workplace Violence Prevention Standards

In this episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber General Counsel, Labor and Employment Bianca Saad and CalChamber Employment Law Subject Matter Expert Vanessa Greene discuss…

Proposed Changes to Confined Spaces Rule Include ‘Rescue Services’
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Posted in Workplace Safety

Proposed Changes to Confined Spaces Rule Include ‘Rescue Services’

What is the status of changes to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) regulation for construction in confined spaces? A hearing has…

Factors to Consider When Employee Asks to Extend Family Leave
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Posted in Disabilities

Factors to Consider When Employee Asks to Extend Family Leave

We have more than one employee who have requested extensions of their family leave (for various reasons). Do we have to grant these extensions, or…

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Posted in Form I-9

New CalChamber Web Page Offers Employer Immigration Law Resources

To help employers, the California Chamber of Commerce has put together a webpage with links to federal, state and CalChamber resources about immigration law. Federal resources on…

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Posted in Local Ordinances Wage and Hour

How to Deal with Predictive Scheduling, Scheduling Changes

We want to change our nonexempt employee’s schedule for next week. How far in advance do we need to notify the employee of schedule changes?…