Kansas
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas laws prohibiting sexual harassment and other forms of harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic. It covers sexual harassment training, defenses against harassment claims, enforcement and remedies.
This guide provides an overview of Kansas law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation and benefits during leave, prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service, and employee remedies for employer discrimination or retaliation with respect to jury service.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas requirements regarding workplace security, including those related to theft, securing electronic devices, data breaches, trespassing and guns and weapons in the workplace.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas requirements regarding workplace safety and health, including those related to the absence of a state plan, the statute of limitations for personal injuries or wrongful death, the use of electronic devices while driving, and drug and alcohol testing.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of anti-retaliation protections under Kansas EEO laws. It addresses what constitutes retaliation and the associated penalties and remedies for employers that engage in illegal retaliation.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas law regarding employer liability for negligent hiring and negligent retention. It discusses how to minimize the risk of negligent hiring and retention claims through various forms of screening and covers legal limitations on these screening methods.
This guide highlights key aspects of Kansas law impacting privacy in the workplace. It covers common law invasion of privacy claims, Social Security Number protections, credit and criminal record checks, polygraph tests, drug and alcohol testing, genetic testing, electronic monitoring, video surveillance, workplace searches and inspections, service letters and blacklisting.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas laws surrounding affirmative action in the workplace. It covers the law for private employers, the law for state contractors and veterans preference policies.
Kansas law requires covered employers to provide eligible employees and dependents the option of continuing health care coverage under certain circumstances. This guide helps HR professionals understand requirements related to continued health care coverage and conversion coverage.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kansas laws related to background checks and other forms of preemployment screening and testing, including ban the box laws, fair chance laws, credit check laws, preemployment drug testing, physical fitness and medical testing.