Archive of Legal
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50 Shades of Leave
Posted on October 4, 2012 by Annick Miller in Best Practices, Legal
Once not too long ago, if you didn't show up for work you feared being fired. In today’s world, however, a business owner and the leaders responsible for supervising employees needs to be savvy in federal, state and local leave laws that...
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TriNet’s Tip Tuesday
Posted on September 18, 2012 by David Daniels in Best Practices, Legal, Tip Tuesday
Have all new employees sign a Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, to protect your proprietary information and intellectual property.
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TriNet’s Tip Tuesday
Posted on September 11, 2012 by David Daniels in Best Practices, Legal, Tip Tuesday
Always have all new employees complete an Application of Employment, as that is a client's proprietary document, whereas a resume is intellectual property of the employee and could contain embellishments. It is grounds for immediate dismissal, for falsification of information, if the new employee...
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TriNet’s Tip Tuesday
Posted on August 21, 2012 by Kelly Pacatte in Tip Tuesday, Wage-and-Hour
When creating an offer letter, it is important to not list salary as an annualized amount. Listing salary as an annualized amount instead of a per pay period or hourly amount could imply that employees would receive that entire annual...
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The Remote Worker – Identifying the “Rogue Remote”
Posted on May 24, 2012 by Ydasta in Best Practices, Legal, Performance Management
A manager receives a call from a friend that works at a competitor. As the conversation continues, the friend asks him how he is surviving the loss of Bob, a key employee who works remote and reports to this manager. ...
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