Date Published: 2009-01-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Click here to view article: An Employee Handbook is a Valuable Business Resource (1-09) When used properly, employee handbooks can be a very useful management and employee relations tool. An employee handbook should provide the basic underpinnings of a business’s policies and
Date Published: 2008-11-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE This month’s article is designed as an interactive exercise with the reader and to test the reader’s knowledge regarding wage and hour issues. Please take a few moments to complete the quiz. The answers will appear in next
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Date Published: 2010-04-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn On April 1, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a press release in which it announced a new DOL website. The website – www.dol.gov/wecanhelp/ -- is part and parcel of the DOL’s public outreach and education program that
Date Published: 2007-05-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Over the last 30 plus years, many of us have witnessed major technological advances that many of the younger generation take for granted (of course, those of us who remember the advent of the fax machine remember our parents saying
Date Published: 2012-03-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn Depending on your perspective, social media can either be a drain on productivity or a great promotional opportunity for businesses. Either way, social media has made its way into the workplace. While being valuable new tools of the trade for
Date Published: 2010-09-01 Author: Christina Harris Schwinn The Occupational Safety and Health Act (“Act”) requires employers to provide employees with a workplace that is safe from recognized hazards. The type of industry determines what an employer must do to comply with the Act. Construction industry employers should
Written by: Christina Harris Schwinn Private sector employers often believe that because their workforces are not unionized that they do not have to be concerned about the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) activities or compliance with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Wrong. Generally speaking, a
Featuring Christina Harris Schwinn The meaning of overtime could change for private-sector employees here around the country. A proposed amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act would give employees a choice on how they spend their hours. It's called the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013. The
Pavese Law Firm partner Christina Harris Schwinn and Barb Pretasky of Lee Memorial Health System will present on “The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing From Both Sides of the Fence” during the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce’s Lunch & Learn series at 11:30 a.m. on Nov.