HR Articles
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April 10, 2013 – 209 views
Mr. Pete Tosh - The Focus GroupToday your organization is facing an economy that is recovering very slowly. As a result, you and your management team are probably tasked with optimizing the performance of your downsized, lean workforce – achieving more productivity & profit from fewer employees. What is your organization’s plan?... Full Story
April 5, 2013 – 139 views
Todd A. Solomon - McDermott Will & Emery LLPOn January 17, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service published final regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), which are effective immediately. Congress enacted FATCA in 2010 to make it more difficult for United States taxpayers to conceal assets held in offshore accounts. In order to discover information about offshore accounts, FATCA imposes significant reporting obligations on both non-U.S. foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) and United States taxpayers holding foreign financial accounts. As discussed below, a non-U.S. retirement plan may be subject to... Full Story
April 2, 2013 – 144 views
HR Resource The ADA, or the Americans with Disability Act, prohibits discrimination based on a person’s disability. It also gives out the terms and conditions for employing people with physical or mental illness in a job. This provision of the act has been expanded by the ADA Amendment Act (ADAAA) and by the legislations of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The act covers employers who have 25 or more employees, and this includes the local as well as the state governments. There are many provisions to this act that managers should be aware of, while selecting people with intellectual disabilities for employment... Full Story
March 25, 2013 – 139 views
Todd A. Solomon - McDermott Will & Emery LLPIn Ginther et al v. Steelworkers Health And Welfare Plan et al, a case filed in federal court on February 11, 2013, an employee alleges that his employer wrongfully denied health coverage to his same-sex spouse. The health plan at issue does... Full Story
March 15, 2013 – 203 views
HR Resource An aging workforce can pose a lot of problems to the employers, as they have to look into a lot of needs of their aged employees. In the US, reports suggest that many employers have introduced new polices to deal with the problems of an aging workforce, and many companies have found that phased retirement programs are a good solution to these problems... Full Story
March 12, 2013 – 217 views
HR Resource The background check is a critical part of hiring. You can't afford making poor decisions while hiring for your own business. A single hiring mistake could cause the total collapse of the company. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that employee theft causes 30 percent of failures in small businesses. Carrying out background checks effectively will remove a considerable amount of risk involved in hiring... Full Story
March 8, 2013 – 191 views
HR Resource ‘Affirmative Action Compliance’ can be referred to as a program that establishes guidelines to promote equality at a workplace. The emphasis is on maintaining an equal and fair workforce at the workplace. The guidelines will have to be strictly adhered to at the time of service and recruitment. The affirmative action, covering an employer must be reviewed and revised timely. At the time of annual review, necessary actions should be taken in case of any discrepancies... Full Story
March 6, 2013 – 159 views
HR Resource An H-1B, a non-immigrant visa, is provided to the foreign professionals for work authorization. They must specifically have some sort of highly specialized knowledge in their field and a bachelor's degree or equivalent as a minimum qualification. The fields could be architecture, mathematics, engineering, social sciences, physical sciences, health and medicine, biotechnology, education, arts, theology, law, business specialties... Full Story