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Hello, Can someone clarify for me the rule for lunch breaks in California? I know that an employee who work over 6 hours must take a break before the 5th hour. Can they work a 6 hour shift with no lunch? Thank you S ondi Carcello Practice Assistant Sleep Health MD email: ...

The idea that the dress code was possibly created with her in mind is really awful. Has there been a conversation with her directly, or is this one of those situations were an employer attempts to fix a single issue with one employee by creating a blanket policy for everyone, because they are too chicken to address the issue head-on? Either way, if ...

SHRM recently published an article (link below) about employees secretly recording managers for litigation purposes. And, with all the recent news about actual and potential tape recordings, I was wondering, does anyone have a policy that deals with the unauthorized recording (audio/video) and electronic surveillance by an employee of other employees ...

As I wrote to Katherine, provocative wear in the workplace is madness!  I am well aware that in the sales environment women are said to be more successful when they dress this way. But times are changing. I could bet my life that there are those in this workplace who are not happy with the way this person dresses, but are too afraid to say anything.  ...