by Brandon Laws | Jun 24, 2019 | Employment Law
Summary of Oregon Workplace Fairness Act The Oregon Workplace Fairness Act was recently signed into law by Governor Brown. Most of the provisions will take effect on or about October 1, 2019, and apply to all Oregon employers regardless of size. Following is a summary...
by Brandon Laws | Apr 16, 2018 | HR for Small Business
Complaints are an unfortunate but inevitable part of working in human resources. But not all employers know how to handle complaints and investigations into those complaints, and unprofessional or callous complaint processes can sour any workplace. In this episode,...
by Suzi Wear | Feb 8, 2018 | Video
A new law in California, signed by Governor Jerry Brown last year and in effect as of the first of the year, expands requirements on harassment training. Since 2005, employers with 50 or more employees have been required to provide at least two hours of training and...
by Angela Perkins | Nov 24, 2017 | Human Resources
There’s never been a more important time to talk about harassment in the workplace. But why now? This exact question was addressed in a recent NPR article, which said that events in the news have resulted in simply more people talking about it. Last month, the New...
by Brandon Laws | Nov 3, 2017 | Human Resources
Sexual harassment has been in media headlines nearly every day recently, and at Xenium, we’re seeing an uptick in requests for workplace harassment training for the businesses we serve. It seems as though this issue is on the minds of nearly every business...
