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While many of us make our personal New Year’s Resolutions each January, this is also the perfect time for employers to make their own “business resolutions,” focusing on their internal policies and practices. Such “resolutions” serve several purposes; first, and most critical, to confirm compliance with the ever-changing laws and judicial decisions affecting employers; and second, to ensure the ability to meet challenges posed by employees, as well as investigative agencies, especially in the increasingly litigious environment in which employers are currently operating.

As we discussed during our recent HR Circles entitled “New Years Resolutions: Conducting a Voluntary Review of Internal Policies and Procedures,” the following are some of the areas which we recommend employers review going into 2010.