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- "Hey! - I Want My $200,000 Back!" The Impact of Poor Hiring Decisions
- 10 Tips on Defensible Documentation
- The Employee Free Choice Act--It's Anything But
- Re-evaluation of Worker Classification & Other Employment Strategies In The Face of A Business Slowdown
- 8 Ways to Get Managing Telecommuters Right
- Employers Should Brace For New Disability Exposures As ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Awaits President's Signature
- Common Mistakes in Documentation and Recordkeeping
- Workplace Bullying - A Label of Convenience?
- Properly Applying Discipline: Using Professional Sports as an Example
- Exit Interviews: Handling the Bad News
- Are Killer Benefits Poised to Kill Employee Morale and Your Bottom Line?
- No Such Thing As Caregiver Discrimination, But ...
- Conducting an Exit Interview
- Subcutaneous RFID Tag Implants - "Beam Me Up, Scotty"
- Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility of ERISA Claims Decision
- Lack Of Cell Phone Driving Laws May Not Protect Against Employer Liability For Employee Accidents
- 11 Things to Think About Before You Fire
- 4 Signs You Are a Victim Of The "Employee Love Paradox"
- Supreme Court Provides Guidance About When Conflict of Interest Justifies Closer Scrutiny of Employee Benefit Plan Claims Decisions
- Exit Interviews: Easily Overlooked - Too Valuable to Disregard
- It's Not Always What it Seems...
- Is Talent Management Too Important to be Left to HR?
- New Law Increases Penalties For Violations of FLSA, Child Labor, Minimum Wage & Overtime
- Good Faith = No Willful Violation
- Dispel the Irrational Conversation Regarding Younger Workers and Tight Labor
- Creating Sustained Culture Change
- Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules
- Can Employee Turnover be Too Low?
- Mind-Reading or Brain Imaging
- Storm Clouds at The Weather Channel
- Harassment by Jilted Boyfriend is Sex Harassment
- On the Horizon: Highlights of Proposed FMLA Changes
- Good Faith Belief = No Pretext
- Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA
- Improving Employee Training and Development During an Economic Downturn
- When is an Independent Contractor Really an Employee?
- Corporate Relocation: Plan, Plan, Plan
- From Web 2.0 to Web Infinity with Virtual Organization Management
- It's Not Always What it Seems...
- When is an Independent Contractor Really an Employee?
- Health Care Plans That Work
- Tuition Assistance Programs: Learning Without Getting "Schooled"
- FMLA Amendments and Revisions
- Every Dream Has Its Imperfections
- Before You Fire That Problem Employee...
- Arbitration Agreements - New Supreme Court Decision Concludes State Laws May Not Undercut FAA
- Fair Labor Standards Act Regulations Must Receive Appropriate Attention (Part II)
- Promoting Diversity in Management
- Breastfeeding in the Workplace
- Sexual Harassment Prevention
- Could Your Illegal Employees Become Your New Bargaining Partner?
- Plugging the Baby Boomer Brain Drain
- THESE ARE THE DAYS!
- The Supreme Court Gets In The Employment Game
- Tips for Interviewing Employees
- They're Lucky to Have You!
- Arbitration Agreement- Providing More Coverage Than You Might Think
- Supreme Court: ERISA Participants Can Sue Fiduciaries For Individual Damages
- Vocational School Research Strategies
- EBSA Issues- Guidance on Health Plan Wellness & Disease Management Practices Subject to HIPAA Nondiscrimination Rules
- Hiring During an Economic Cool Down - Beware of the "Low Bid"
- Don't Just Manage - Motivate
- FMLA Changes Expand Protection to Employees
- Additional Leave for Military Families Passed
- The FMLA In A State Of Flux
- GREAT GET-AWAYS – IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS
- EMPLOYMENT NEWS – NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS
- NLRB Email Decision
- Why not Hiring is Better than Hiring the Wrong Person for the Job
- Cost Savings Through Return-to-Work Programs - Pt 2
- CONDUCTING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS: EMPLOYER’S MUST PROCEED WITH CAUTION
- New Rules for an Old Game: Conditional Job Offers
- Employers Must Pay For Protective Gear
- Employee Retention - How much is retaining the wrong employee costing you?
- Employee Councils and Minority Collective Bargaining—
- FLSA Regulations Must Receive Appropriate Attention (Part I)
- The Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007
- Cost Savings Through Return-to-Work Programs
- Help! I Need to Upgrade My Technology
- Playing Fast and Loose With "Contractors" May Get Your Agency in Trouble
- Re-Employment of the Troops
- National Article Provides Valuable Reminders Regarding Harassment
- SEXual Harassment... The BIG Issue in the Workplace, part 2
- Key Elements of Effective Compensation
- Employing People with Disabilities, part 2
- A Behavioral Definition of the Open Door Policy Is Important
- ER visits decline under CDHP
- High Court Upholds Department of Labor Regulation Exempting from Overtime Companionship Services Employees Paid By Third Party Agencies
- CIAB Poll Shows Benefit Costs Soaring - Again
- Supreme Court Limits Untimely Pay Discrimination Suits
- Imus Dismissal: Some Considerations Regarding Policy Enforcement
- Violence in the Workplace, part 3: GANGS
- Conflict Resolution: An Increasingly Important Consideration (Part I)
- The Role of the Vocational Consultant, the Underutilized Resource, Part 2
- The Vocational Expert: the underutilized resource, part 1
- Eight in Ten Internet Users Go Online for Health Information
- LA Times Article Highlights the Importance of Health Plans for Employees.
- Ohio Minimum Wage and No Smoking Ballot Issues to Have Impact on Ohio Employers
- View From The Trenches (....or what they wish you knew)
- Survey Shows Health Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise Twice As Fast As Wages
- The Interactive Process
- DOL Issues Recent Opinion Letters Construing White Collar Exemptions Revealing Trend of Applying Principles In Place Before 2004 Amendments
- The Ties that Bind, part 2
- Executive Employment Agreements: Employer Prevails Against Terminated Executive In Case Over Executive’s Contract Giving Company Discretion to Determine Whether “Just Cause” Exists
- THE TIES THAT BIND, part 1 by Jamie Charter, M.S., CPDM
- Controlling Medical Trend
- CHANGE POSITIONS!
- He put his money where his mouth is… and it is working.
- THIS IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL
- What is the goal?
- THE CARE AND FEEDING OF THE DOVE
- Age Discrimination: The Naked Truth!
- Employment - Partnership or Prison?
- EMPLOYING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PART 1
- Did you miss the H-1B visa cap? – Part II
- VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE, part 2
- Controlling Costs and Achieving Better Health with CDHP
- High Court Broadens Grounds for Retaliation Claims
- The Value of Independence
- Homeland Security Publishes Proposed Rule Outlining Employer Responses to Social Security "No Match" Letters
- Violence in the Workplace, part 1
- 300 Benefit Managers
- DOL Issues Opinion Letter Limiting Employers' Ability to Make Deductions from Pay of Salaried Nonexempt Employees Paid Using Fluctuating Hours Method
- Did you miss the H-1B visa cap? – Part I
- DIVERSITY AND DISABILITY
- IS YOUR ORGANIZATION PREPARED TO COMBAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUITS?
- Not-So-Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- We've Been Through This Before
- Doctor Google
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION: WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW
- Want to withhold payment for unused vacation upon termination? Make sure you can.
- CDHP controls costs
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- Best Practices in ADA, FMLA and Workers' Compensation
- Employee Discharge and Documentation
- Employment Law From A to Z
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Immigration Law and Employer Compliance
- Your 401(k) Plan: What You Can't See Is Costing You Plenty
- Articles
- With PTSD - Sleep is a "Major Life Activity"
- Can California Law on Noncompete Agreements Affect You?
- Supreme Court Restricts States’ Ability to Limit Employer Speech
- ADA Amendments Act Passed By House and Senate
- Health Insurance Plan - The Easy Way to Getting Health Insurance
- The Benefits of Employment Management System
- What is I-9 Form?
- THE NEW ADA AMENDMENTS – WHAT CAN EMPLOYERS EXPECT IN 2009?
- Bad Economy Makes Business Owners Targets of Employee Lawsuits
- Fair Opportunity for Disabled Employees
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Exit Interviews: Easily Overlooked - Too Valuable to Disregard
- Flip-Flops on Friday: Summertime in the Workplace
- Federal Overtime Requirements – Who may take advantage of the Fluctuating Workweek Method of Calculating Overtime?
- Tenth Circuit Endorses "Fluctuating Workweek" Method of Calculating Overtime for Misclassified Salaried Employees
- Employers Face Increase in Donning and Doffing Suits
- Addressing Reasonable Compensation
- General Orientation….Set The Tone For Success
- New DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations Will Become Effective August 25, 2008
- Seven Ways to Improve Your Working Relationships
- U.S. Supreme Court - U.S. Supreme Court Rules In Key Benefit Cases
- NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidelines On Political Advocacy In The Workplace
- DOL Provides Guidance Regarding Hours Worked Under FLSA
- IRS Provides Guidance on Proper Income Tax Withholding for Nine Common Supplemental Wage Payment Scenarios
- President Signs Executive Order Requiring All Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify
- Court Holds that FMLA Provision in Handbook May Create Employer Liability Despite Employee’s Ineligibility Under FMLA Statute
- The WARN Act - Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Concepts
- Take Your Guns to Work? Florida Passes the Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008
- LACK OF CELL PHONE DRIVING LAWS MAY NOT PROTECT AGAINST EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTS
- Opinion Letters on Compensation Paid by Charities
- FLSA Preempts Duplicative State Law Claims, Fourth Circuit Rules
- Associational Discrimination Claims a Growing Concern for Employers
- Tortilla Maker Accused of Religious Intolerance Against Muslim Workers
- I-9 Audits Return, Verification Expands
- Legislation to Ban Discrimination Based on Genetic Information Passed by Congress
- Request for Coffee Prompts Employee to Sue for Sexual Harassment
- Armored Truck Company Has Ironclad Defense to Disability Claim
- State and Federal Regulations of Summer Jobs for Teenagers
- DOL Opinion Highlights Need For Accurate Record Keeping Under FLSA
- Evolution Of Social Networks Into Virtual Organizations
- Is There A Doctor in the House?
- Existing Shift Rotation and Swap Policy for Title VII Religious Accommodation May Be Insufficient
- To Avoid Becoming EEOC Statistic, Plan Ahead
- Intermittent Leave Under the FMLA
- Management and Myers-Briggs- The Power of Understanding Tendencies
- Keep an Eye on Hiring Practices to Avoid Problems with DHS
- Department of Labor Issues Proposed FMLA Regulations
- Recent Federal Court Decision Affirms Use of Joint Employer Doctrine to Hold Staffing Agency and Automotive Design Company Jointly Liable for Violations of the FMLA
- Managing Phrases- Three Ways to Thoughtfully Handle Disagreement
- Top 10 Handbook Mistakes PLUS 3
- Mentoring, Management Development, Employee Training and Employee Feedback - What's the Value?
- Major Changes to Americans with Disabilities Act Under Consideration by Congress
- From Web 2.0 to Web Infinity with Virtual Organization Management
- Gentle Ears Makes For Good Management
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home . . .Will He Have a Job?
- People Management: Employees Are Saying This About Our Managers
- What Our Employees May Be Saying About Their Pay
- Family and Medical Leave Act Expanded to Cover Relatives of Military Service Members
- Cost Savings Through Return To Work Programs
- Military Leave Law
- Ethics in the Workplace
- Age Discrimination and Retiree Medical Benefits
- New Overtime Rules Take Effect
- Wal-Mart Pays Record Immigration Fine
- HIPAA Privacy Requirements and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Have Smaller Employers Forgotten Something?
- Employment of Minors
- Pregnancy Discrimination: A Growing Cause of Concern for Employers
- President Vetoes FMLA Amendments Extending Leave to Families of Servicemembers, New Legislation Expected
- The National Labor Relations Act from A to Z.
- Domestic Partner Benefits Are Here Now
- Second Circuit Holds That ADEA Covers Disparate Impact
- HR Audits
- A Revolutionary Approach to Recruitment in the 21st Century
- EEOC Provides Guidance On Employment Testing And Selection Procedures
- The EEOC Puts Humpty Dumpty Back Together: Employer-Sponsored Retiree Healthcare Coverage Can Again Be Coordinated with Medicare
- SMART GOALS: Planning for Success
- Hiring Foreign Professionals and The Recruitment Process - The H-1B 'Scramble' for Work Visas on April 1, 2008, Starts Again Soon
- Congress Amends FMLA, Extending Leave to Families of Servicemembers
- In Wage and Hour, Threat Remains High
- New Form I-9 is Latest in DHS Immigration Enforcement Strategy
- UNAUTHORIZED WORK TIME: THE COMPENSABILITY OF HOURS WORKED BEFORE AND AFTER THE EMPLOYEE’S SHIFT.
- Paid Holidays Count Toward Twelve-Week FMLA Entitlement
- Understanding the Growing Trend of Organizations Outsourcing Their HR Functions
- The NLRB Issues Two Major Labor Law Rulings
- A Message From Our Sponsors: Did You Know? You Can Go Green With Labor Law Posters!
- Labor Board Ruling May Empower More Aggressive Pushback Against Union Corporate Campaign Tactics
- Coming Changes in Employment Verification Procedures
- New Cafeteria Plan Regulations
- Did You Know? 31 States Have Had Changes In Their Labor Law Posters in 2007
- IRS Extends Section 409A Documentation Compliance Deadline to December 31,2008
- Do You Yahoo® on the Company’s Computer? E-Mail Privacy and the Attorney-Client Privilege
- New Social Security "No-Match Letter" Final Rule from Department of Homeland Security
- NLRB Upholds Employer's Promulgation of Complaint Panel
- Actual Knowledge of False Claim Required
- Growing Number of States Passing Family Military Leave Acts
- Department of Labor Issues New Federal Minimum Wage Poster
- An Emerging Trend: Gender Identity as a Protected Characteristic
- I-9 Compliance - Avoiding the Violation of Employee Rights and IRCA Penalties
- Ten Tips for Conducting an Effective Investigation
- Third Circuit Clears Path for Retiree Health Plans to Coordinate with Medicare
- Discriminatory Pay Setting Decision Must Be Made During the Limitations Period to Be Actionable
- Working Mothers: A Protected Class? Courts Allow Discrimination Claims Based on Family/Childcare Stereotyping
- Using Demonstrative Evidence In Employment Trials
- EEOC Issues Guidance on Workers With Caregiving Responsibilities
- A New Retaliation Decision Offers Some Relief to Employers
- Legal Implications of Employee Blogs
- OSHA’s Newest Ergonomic Initiative: The Ergonomic Hazard Alert Follow-Up Policy
- What should private, non-profit, and public employers do in response to the final Section 409A regulations?
- Employer E-Mail Policies Scrutinized for Violations of Federal Labor Law
- Final Regulations Issued Under Section 409A On Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
- Beware: Your Employee Handbook May Be Hazardous Under the NLRA
- Ten Tips for Creating Respect and Civility in Your Workplace
- File for New H-1B Immigration Status on April 1st, 2007
- E-MAIL ETIQUETTE TIPS TO APPLY IN YOUR WORKPLACE
- IRS and DOL Address New Rules for Non-Spouse Beneficiaries
- What You Need To Know About The EEO-1 Report
- Employers Beware: Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Adopts Liberal Standard of What Constitutes Retaliation
- Emergency Preparedness Includes Consideration
- Notice 2007-7 Addresses Various PPA Changes in Employee Retirement Plan Requirements
- Are You Taking An Ostrich’s Approach To Workplace Harassment?
- EEOC Revises Compliance Manual to Target More Contemporary Forms of Discrimination
- How To Avoid Wage and Hour Violations
- USERRA part II
- New Hurdles for Employers Who Obtain New Corporate Owned Life Insurance
- The Retention Crisis
- Proposed Default Investment Rules Offer an Important New Avenue for Protection From Fiduciary Liability
- New Trend to Reduce Corporate Health Care Costs: Employers Realizing Savings Through Multi-Pronged Approach
- Sharing Compensation or Benefit Information Between Competitors May Violate Antitrust Laws
- New Section 199 Guidance: Rules for Allocating W-2 Wages
- Labor Board Issues Historic Decisions Clarifying Standards for Supervisor Status
- Critical Issues in the Law and Their Impact in the Workplace:
- To Insure Or Not To Insure, That Is The Question: Employment Practices Liability Insurance
- Risky Business: Giving Employees the Option of Resignation Instead of Discharge Can Be Dangerous
- Telecommuters—The Next Wave of Wage and Hour Litigation?
- Modifications To Retiree Benefits Breaches Merger Agreement
- Employees Cannot Waive or Release FMLA Claims
- Fraud in the Workplace
- Employers in Fifth Circuit Have Another Weapon to Stop Unauthorized Access of Proprietary Information by Employees, But Should be Careful in Exercising Damage Control
- The ADA and the Web: New Ruling Calls for Increased Accessibility to Business Websites
- Change in Congressional Leadership Puts Employment Issues at Top of Legislative Priority List
- It’s About The Culture
- Expert Witness Communication: One Size Does Not Fit All
- “On Call” Does Not Equal “On the Clock”
- Inspections By the U.S. Department of Labor
- Penalizing Applicants and Employees For Smoking: A Potential Smoking Gun?
- Employee Embezzlement: Prevention, Detection, and Cure
- Yet Another Potential Danger Zone for Employers Applying the FMLA
- An Employer's Guide for Dealing with "Unusual" Tax Withholding Requests
- Avoiding Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
- Do Employers Have A Duty To Monitor Employees' Internet Activities?
- Notice the Leave, and Leave with Notice: FMLA Recent Developments
- Evaluating the statistical and economic significance of statistical evidence in employment discrimination cases
- Title VII Retaliation Claims & the Impact of Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Sheila White
- Beware of the Push for New Employment Verification Systems
- Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation for Disabled Employees
- Federal Agencies Position Themselves for New Focus on Systemic Discrimination by Employers
- Hiring Practice Issues
- WAGE AND HOUR ISSUES - Minimum Wage
- Protect Your Business
- Update: Workers Compensation Claims
- Protecting Trade Secrets in the Hiring and Firing Process
- Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Employee's Performance
- USERRA Regulations - Part I
- Hiring Illegal Immigrants – Lawsuits by Legal Employees
- Analyzing Past Investigations: An Investment in the Future
- Non-Compete Agreements: Getting What You Bargained For?
- Top 20 FMLA Questions
- Documenting Your Way Out Of Trouble
- OFCCP Regulations on
- Know Who Is An Employee
- Lighten The Evaluation Load
- Family And Medical Leave Act Clarified By D.O.L. Opinion
- It's Time to Update Your Employee Handbook
- Strong Organizations Start with Careful Interviewing
- Reconsideration of Stock Valuations for Equity Compensation Programs
- Roth 401(k) Contributions
- Issues in Accommodating Mental Disabled Under the ADA
- Disease Management: Legal Implications
- Employers Beware: Sarbanes-Oxley Requires Reinstatement for Real
- Section 409A Year-End Checklist
- Medicare Part D - Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS
- Retaliation Claims: An Increasing Problem for Employers
- Big Brother? - "Can I Be Fired For What I Do On My Own Time?"
- Criminal History Checks and The Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Avoiding Pitfalls In Job Interviews
- Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors Impacted By Recent Hurricanes
- FLSA Employers Must Pay From Beginning to End
- Time's Up - When Is 12 Weeks of Leave Not Enough?
- Employee Identity Theft Becomes a Growing Concern for Employers
- Employers' Obligations in the Event of an Emergency
- Soundbytes for Supervisors: Lessons Learned in the Recent Past
- Pension Reform Legislation
- Pre-Employment Personality Testing May Violate the ADA
- Reviewing Your Interviewing: A Refresher
- What Employers Need to Know About Retaliation Claims
- Layoffs: A 12-Step Program for Getting Through Down(sizing) Times
- Preparing For Roth 401(K) Plan Accounts
- New Regulations On Disposal Of Consumer Report Information
- Trade Secrets: Protecting Trade Secrets When Employees Terminate
- Revised Fair Labor Standards Act Regulations: One Year Later
- Employers Face New Risks Including FMLA Claims In Their Releases
- Disparate Impact and Age Discrimination: Hidden Threat to Employers
- BAPCPA Act of 2005 Adds Benefits Provisions
- Alleged Misclassification of Stock Brokers Leads To Large Settlement
- Blogging in the workplace: Is your company prepared?
- Conducting an Employment Relations Audit
- New Interest in Enforcement of Labor
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