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Mitigating Risk with Employee Handbooks (with Ken Siepman)


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In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss employee handbook best practices with expert Ken Siepman.

Topics include:

  • Responsibilities and requirements around employee handbooks
  • Tips for creating employee handbooks that will actually be read and used
  • The risks of not having an employee handbook
  • Staying compliant with Section 7 of NLRA regarding protected concerted activity
  • Suggestions for keeping your social media and professional conduct policies compliant
  • Requirements for having employee handbooks available in different languages
  • No swearing policies
  • New items being included in handbooks
  • In this episode's listener question, a few listeners asked us about what to do after having been written up. In the news, the EEOC reported that 18.8% of EEOC charges for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 were for religious discrimination.

    Full show notes and links are available here: https://getjoypowered.com/show-notes-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/

    A transcript of the episode can be found here: https://getjoypowered.com/transcript-episode-198-mitigating-risk-with-employee-handbooks/

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