Mitigating Risk with Employee Handbooks (with Ken Siepman)

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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