- Do you have an outdated — or no employee handbook?
- Be careful asking inappropriate – or the wrong questions during an employment interview
- Are You Using Outdated or No job descriptions?
- Are you conducting background checks on your prospective employees?
- Be sure you are properly paying overtime to non-exempt employees
- Are you consistently documenting work practices?
- Educate your employees on sexual and other forms of workplace harassment and discrimination
- Are you avoiding or inconsistently dealing with any employee performance, behavior and conduct issues?
- Formally evaluate employee performance and development
Federal and State laws are very specific about certain documentation and recordkeeping requirements and the length of time you need to maintain certain records.
Beyond the mandated requirements, a good rule of thumb is: if an act or activity impacts the employment relationship (which includes any changes in wages, hours, the job – including performance & behavior, promotion, demotion, etc, or working conditions) document it. If you don’t, you greatly increase your liability without having written documentation and records.
