Human Resources Essentials Blog

Consequences of Inaccurate I-9 Forms: Fines, Legal Liabilities, and Reputation Damage

Failure to complete and maintain accurate I-9 forms can have significant consequences for employers. Fines, legal liabilities, reputation damage, and loss of business opportunities are...

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Employee and Labor Relations – Understanding Boycotts

Unions, primary boycotts, secondary boycotts and the Taft Hartley Act are just a few of the topics you need to know to pass the PHR,...

Test your HR Benefits Knowledge!

Compensation and Benefits administrators are the key specialists in charge of managing the impact of compensation and benefits packages on an organization’s bottom line while...
Mental Illness

Mental Illness

Mental illnesses are conditions that affect a person’s thinking, feeling, mood or behavior, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Such conditions may be...
Negligent Referral

Have you heard about “Negligent Referral”?

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Hire Veterans

Why Hire Veterans?

In April 2020, 23 million workers lost their jobs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During April, the unemployment rate peaked at an unprecedented level...
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COVID-19 and High Unemployment in 2020

In April 2020, 23 million workers lost their jobs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During April, the unemployment rate peaked at an unprecedented level...

Sexual and Racial Harassment

Certification

What are the benefits of an HR certification?

Constructive Discharge occurs when an employee resigns as a result of the employer creating a hostile work environment. Since the resignation was not truly voluntary, it is, in effect, a termination. For example, when an employer places extraordinary and unreasonable work demands on an employee to obtain their resignation, this can constitute a constructive dismissal.

What is Constructive Discharge?

Weingarten Rights are the rights of employees to have union representation during investigatory interviews or pre-disciplinary meetings....