Cindy Henry - Human Resources Advisor

02/17/2017

Workplace Violence: If you are a health care employer as defined in the new regulations (Title 8, Section 3342), beginning April 1st you will need to keep a “violent incident log” listing all incidents, post-incident response and investigation of a workplace violence injury, based on information from the employees who experienced the workplace violence. Read Section 3342 for details.

01/24/2017

Join us today at 10:00 Pacific to hear What’s New for CA Employers in 2017.
To register: https://garnett-powers.webex.com/garnett-powers/onstage/g.php?MTID=e19e55b5db2e0d034ec3767f68fad6a89

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01/14/2017

I'll be presenting a webinar at 10:00 a.m. on January 24th to bring you up-to-date on employment/legal changes for employers in CA. Information to follow on how to join in. Don't miss it.

10/19/2016

It has been a fun week with new experiences. Last night I was the speaker at a meeting of the Society of Excellence in Human Resources at CSU - Fullerton. I shared a Practitioner's Vision for HR with the students. Then this morning I provided a webinar on Mitigating Exposure and Risk when it comes to independent contractor classification and on California's Fair Pay Act. And, if you didn't know, at the first of the year there will be an expansion of the Act. The next webinar will be in January to review what else is changing in 2017! Join in!

08/05/2016

Always something new for employers.
Two new Federal posters are now required. The PDFs are available at:
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppabw.pdf
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/minwagebwp.pdf

06/10/2016

Hi, All: In case you know employers in the City of Los Angeles, be sure they know that effective 7-1-16 LA has their own sick leave law, more generous than the State, and they have accelerated the increase of the minimum wage for employers with more than 25 employees. If your colleagues want to call for details it's OK to give them my office number 949-429-6818. These laws were just changed this month so implementation has to be swift.

04/08/2016

Lots new lately. Be sure you're on top of things:
I-9 Form - All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired. While the form expired last month, the new form has not been issued. Keep using the current one until we have a revised I-9.
CA Pregnancy Discrimination Poster - If you have five or more employees and, therefore, are covered by CA’s pregnancy disability leave law, you’re required to post the updated Pregnancy Disability Leave notice as of April 1st. It replaces the A and B posters on the same subject. Go here to print the poster: http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/res/docs/Publications/Brochures/2016/DFEH-100-20%20(04-16).pdf
Harassment and Discrimination - Businesses in California with at least five employees must now have a written anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy by April 1, under new FEHA regulations. Many of you developed an employee handbook with me, but we will have to update that policy.

02/03/2016

Reminder: OSHA Log 300A - If your business is classified in a specific industry group listed in Table 1 on this site: https://www.dir.ca.gov/t8/14300_2.html;
And/Or
If you have ten or fewer employees, you do not have to complete and post the OSHA form 300A. https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf
If you are not exempted by type of business or number of employees, you must post the OSHA log 300A - summary of work-related injuries and illnesses - in an area accessible to all employees from February 1 to April 30 of each year. After that date, maintain the post in an OSHA file.

01/12/2016

Just finished my annually CA legal update. A little less crazy for the coming year, but still changes. I'll be in touch with my clients with details soon.

01/05/2016

The New Year brings new "stuff" in HR. Federal and State Required Posters, $10.00 minimum wage in CA, New W-4, New/Lower IRS mileage reimbursement rate ($0.54 per mile) and more.

09/10/2015

Check out this terrific series of training sessions to improve your social media knowledge and skills.
http://katiewagnersocialmedia.com/workshop/

Join Katie Wagner for a series of workshops designed to help you whip your social media presence into shape!

04/16/2015

“California has the most extensive heat illness prevention requirements in the country,” said Cal/OSHA Chief Juliann Sum. Next month these new amendments are in effect: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/HeatIllnessInfo.html

Heat illness prevention classes - provided by Cal/OSHA