Your employee handbook has something in common with the products you sell: neither lasts forever and both eventually will need an update. Think about when that new car rolled off the lot with that new car smell. It was...more
9/17/2024
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Automotive Industry ,
Car Dealerships ,
EEO ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Policies ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
Rest and Meal Break
A single word may be enough to land your dealership at the receiving end of a lawsuit – maybe even a jury trial. Especially, as an Illinois dealership recently learned, if that word is the most egregious racial epithet in the...more
Hardly a day passes anymore without some famous (or infamous) person being accused of or admitting to engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct. In many of these situations, the conduct is so egregious that one could...more
2/6/2018
/ Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Best Management Practices ,
Corporate Culture ,
Dealerships ,
Discipline ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Workplace Communication
Factory recalls have become a fact of life for those who sell and drive vehicles. The scenarios have a common theme: a vehicle part does not operate as designed or is determined to present a possible risk of failure. Once...more
5/1/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Background Checks ,
Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Ads ,
Paid Leave ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reimbursements ,
Unpaid Leave