{"id":556,"date":"2017-05-19T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/?p=556"},"modified":"2021-08-09T13:32:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:32:33","slug":"the-bugle-16-is-your-employee-handbook-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/the-bugle-16-is-your-employee-handbook-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugle #16: Is Your Employee Handbook Illegal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hi Friend, Happy Friday!<\/strong> It&#8217;s time for another installment of the week&#8217;s best HR and policy management resources \u2013 we hope you enjoy them! Have an incredible weekend&#8230; see you next time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 36px; text-align: center; color: #f05522;\">\u2726 \u2726 \u2726<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article of the Week:<\/strong> This week&#8217;s highlighted piece (look for the <span style=\"color: #f05522;\">\u2726<\/span> below) describes a few ways in which the NLRB deems your Employee Handbook to be illegal. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to be able to update it and push it out to employees instantly? Hmm, I wonder how you could do that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-robot-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2397\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-robot-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 10px;\">Show Employees You Care<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Human Resources Isn\u2019t About Humans\" href=\"https:\/\/backchannel.com\/human-resources-isnt-about-humans-c09c6c3b8a4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Resources Isn\u2019t About Humans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The 9 questions that uncover the most surprising insights from employees\" href=\"https:\/\/m.signalvnoise.com\/the-9-questions-that-uncover-the-most-surprising-insights-from-employees-b7bc0d20ede8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 9 questions that uncover the most surprising insights from employees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Deliver Bad News with Compassion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/adaptation\/201705\/how-deliver-bad-news-compassion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Deliver Bad News with Compassion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What Do Employees Want?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrbartender.com\/2017\/employee-engagement\/employees-want-friday-distraction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Do Employees Want?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nlrb-sign-1600px-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2398\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/nlrb-sign-1600px-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 10px;\">Protect Your Company<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"10-step plan for fair and balanced approach to preventing workplace harassment\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hrhero.com\/entertainhr\/2017\/05\/17\/10-step-plan-for-fair-and-balanced-approach-to-preventing-workplace-harassment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10-step plan for fair and balanced approach to preventing workplace harassment<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #f05522;\">\u2726 <\/span><a title=\"NLRB: Many of your employee handbook policies are probably unlawful\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theemployerhandbook.com\/2017\/05\/nlrb-many-employee-handbook-policies-probably-unlawful-yes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NLRB: Many of your employee handbook policies are probably unlawful (for now)<\/a><span style=\"color: #f05522;\"> \u2726<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Five Things to Do ASAP If Your Company Receives a Charge of Discrimination\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polsinelliatwork.com\/blog\/2017\/5\/19\/five-things-to-do-asap-after-your-company-receives-a-charge-of-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Five Things to Do ASAP If Your Company Receives a Charge of Discrimination<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/postcard2-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2399\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/postcard2-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; margin-top: 10px;\">State Specific Company Protection<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"California:\u00a0Reminders Regarding Non-competition Agreements\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polsinelliatwork.com\/blog\/2017\/5\/15\/reminders-regarding-non-competition-agreements-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California: Reminders Regarding Non-competition Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"California:\u00a0Supreme Court Says Seven Day Rule Applies to Work Week Not Calendar Week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polsinelliatwork.com\/blog\/2017\/5\/11\/california-supreme-court-seven-day-rule-applies-to-work-week-not-calendar-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California: Supreme Court Says Seven Day Rule Applies to Work Week Not Calendar Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Puerto Rico:\u00a0Employers Brace for New Right to Religious Freedom Accommodation Requests\" href=\"https:\/\/www.littler.com\/publication-press\/publication\/puerto-rico-employers-brace-new-right-religious-freedom-accommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Puerto Rico: Employers Brace for New Right to Religious Freedom Accommodation Requests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/family-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2402\" src=\"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/family-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; 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It&#8217;s time for another installment of the week&#8217;s best HR and policy management resources \u2013 we hope you enjoy them! Have an incredible weekend&#8230; see you next time! \u2726 \u2726 \u2726 Article of the Week: This week&#8217;s highlighted piece (look for the \u2726 below) describes a few ways in which the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,25,5,47,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cya","category-employee-handbooks","category-engagement","category-handbook-content","category-policy-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/2404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}