As Post COVID-19 Hiring Ramps Up, Here Are Documents Your New Employee Should Sign As the economy adjusts to life with COVID, employment is on the rise. US businesses added 1.37 million jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With this positive hiring trend, it’s time for employers to review and update [...]
Updating Your Employee Handbook for the Recent Supreme Court LGBTQ Decision The recent Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ discrimination presents an opportunity for companies to review and update their employee handbook and policies. Pertinent sections for updates include discrimination and harassment, complaint procedures, and dress code. Additionally, employers might consider adding a pronoun section and [...]
First Steps to Reducing Legal Threats in Your Business As a small to mid-sized business owner, you probably feel like you’ve done a pretty good job with your vendor and customer contracts, employee procedures, and leases. But when was the last time you reviewed those legal documents? Your company could have unknown legal threats resulting [...]
The Importance of a Handbook & Updating Materials While legally employers are not required to have an employee handbook, these guidelines are considered good business practice. An employee handbook sets forth company policies and procedures, spells out employment expectations and benefits, and outlines an employee’s rights. They can also protect an employer in a lawsuit, [...]
Do Businesses Have Legal Liability for COVID-19 Exposure? While Georgia businesses across sectors are now reopening, COVID-19 cases are also skyrocketing. This leaves many business owners worried not only about the health and safety of their staff and customers, but about their legal liability as well. However, like so many aspects of the pandemic, [...]
Recruit to Win During Uncertainty Starting a business requires expending tremendous energy. Sustaining a business requires much more — and particularly so amid an unsteady and uncertain business climate via the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we'll discuss how to recruit to win during uncertainty. For most business owners, the pursuit of profit alone [...]
Shift Your Mindset from Surviving to Thriving Amid Uncertainty We are living in unprecedented times and each day is uncertain. After studying 6,000 years of corporate history comparing great versus good, even in extreme economic circumstances, Good to Great author Jim Collins came to this singular conclusion: “[G]reatness is not primarily a matter [...]
The MVP of Attracting and Retaining Rock Stars I used to teach ballroom dancing. That job actually paid my way through undergrad. Yet I was once a terrible dancer. Before terrible, I wasn’t even a dancer. I’ve handled millions of dollars of legal transactions for small-to-midsized businesses. Yet I was once a [...]
Don't Sign Pre-Nup Contracts With Your Employees — At-Will vs. For-Cause Imagine your surprise. You’re conducting the final interview when the candidate abruptly declares, “We need to sign a pre-nup agreement before I start work here. Not a romantic, actual, pre-nuptial agreement, but a boss-to-employee pre-nup for our working relationship. This is [...]
Using Social Media to Recruit Top Talent: Don’t be Afraid! Worldwide, 3.2 billion of your closest friends use social media. As social media use has exploded, so has your opportunity to investigate and recruit employees. Not surprisingly, the growth of social media use far exceeds the pace of laws regarding employers, employees, [...]
