Mitigating Risk in Turbulent Times
As of this writing, a labor friendly White House, coupled with pending legislation such as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will place more emphasis on having your HR house in order. A raft of bills, introduced in the 2008 congress, but blocked at various stages in the legislative process, are gaining momentum. As long as there is a Democratic President and Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill, more emphasis will be placed on worker rights. (Workforce Management, January 19, 2009) For these reasons, it has become increasingly important to assure that your HR programs are in compliance.
PORTICO can help you:
- Conduct a complete HR audit or an audit targeted at specific aspects of your total talent management system
- Develop Legally Compliant Employee Policies and Handbooks
- Audit your pay and promotion systems to identify areas of legal exposure and assure you are in compliance with the Equal Pay Act
- Develop policies and procedures in little understood and high risk areas such as, Travel Time, Training Time, On Call Time, Rest and Meal Breaks and others
- Develop and cost Shift Differential/Premium Pay Policies
- Create HR infrastructures and templates across multi-divisional and multi-location organizations that will assure legal compliance.
Recent survey results confirm that when it comes to litigation fears for U. S. companies, labor and employment law issues are at the top of the list. Risk in the area of wage and hour violations, pay, race and sexual discrimination, as well as FMLA disputes are at the forefront of concern. (WorldatWork, Newsline, 2008) PORTICO can help you build HR infrastructures that will alleviate future and mitigate current risk.
Reference: WorkatWork, Newsline. Companies fear labor and employment lawsuits most. October 31, 2008.
