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Labor/Employment

May 1, 2019

The secret to workplace compliance: Don't just check the box

In this complicated time for California employers, where a 3-4 percent unemployment rate makes it so challenging to recruit and retain good employees, now is the time to invest in employee relationships.

Beth A. Schroeder

Partner
Raines Feldman LLP

Email: bschroeder@raineslaw.com

Beth is the chair of the firm's Labor & Employment group and the co-founder of kendr.

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Early last year, shortly after the #MeToo stories had been saturating the news, I was asked to speak on a panel as the legal expert on workplace harassment and compliance, alongside one woman who was the CEO of a tech start up and another who was the vice president of people services of a large company. The moderator of our panel asked the VP of People Services to comment on what she thought made their workplace so unique. The VP gave an answer that I will always reme...

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