Once more, with feeling: The National Labor Relations Board has resurrected its effort to implement new rules making it easier for employees to form unions. The proposed rules are pretty much identical to ones proposed back in 2011, before a federal court quashed them for procedural problems. Key to the new proposal: The “quickie […]
Posted on February 8th, 2014 by admin
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A federal appeals court has spoken: An employee who provided care for her terminally ill mother was entitled to take FMLA leave to accompany her on a trip to Las Vegas. Here’s the story: Beverly Ballard worked for the Chicago Park District. In April 2006, her mother, Sarah, was diagnosed with end-stage congestive heart […]
Posted on February 7th, 2014 by admin
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that an employee’s negative online comments about a company left employers with their hands tied, unsure of what — if anything — they could legally do about it. Now? Courts may have it figured out – and that’s great news for companies. Here are three cases that show the social […]
Posted on February 6th, 2014 by admin
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Competition for talent is fierce, and employer branding – or communicating why your company is a great place to work – is becoming a more sophisticated and more critical part of a recruiting strategy. While you communicate an employer brand in many ways, it’s most important on the corporate career site, where you have the […]
Posted on February 5th, 2014 by admin
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Feel like it takes forever to come to a decision on new job candidates these days? That may be part of a troubling, growing trend. In 2009, the average interview process took about 13 days. By 2013, that number had nearly doubled to 23 days. That’s according to Catherine Rampell with The New York […]
Posted on February 4th, 2014 by admin
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Healthcare reform headaches just keep piling up for the feds. The latest: Nine workers at a customer service call center for healthcare reform’s healthcare.gov site have filed a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Maximus, the Virginia company that runs the website. The employees claim that they worked 50- or 60-hour weeks — starting work days at […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2014 by admin
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When does safety equipment qualify as “clothing”? When the Supreme Court says it does. In a long awaited ruling, the high court rejected the claim of nearly 800 current and former U.S. Steel workers who claimed they should be paid for the time the spent putting on and taking off safety gear. In arguments in […]
Posted on February 2nd, 2014 by admin
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A bit of advice for your managers who are searching for ways to boost employee engagement: Keep it simple. That’s the approach espoused by author Todd Patkin, who breaks down the concept of engagement into a one bedrock image: people who find happiness at work. We intuitively know that happiness is connected to the simple […]
Posted on February 1st, 2014 by admin
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