Handling intermittent FMLA leave can be intimidating. Here’s a case that shows it pays to act decisively when you suspect the employee-centric regs are being abused. The story revolves around Mingyi Rowe, a flight attendant for United Airlines. She and her husband — also a United flight attendant — live in Colorado, but Mingyi’s […]
Posted on November 19th, 2015 by admin
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Employers are always looking for proven ways to lower health costs, so why are so many firms balking at a tactic with guaranteed results? Restricting healthcare coverage to employees’ spouses who are offered health insurance through their own employer will no doubt impact an employer’s healthcare costs. Consider these findings from a 2014 study […]
Posted on November 18th, 2015 by admin
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Study after study confirms that most workers aren’t setting aside nearly enough money for retirement. As a result, an increasing number of individuals are prolonging their retirement. This can have a drastic effect on employers, so is it time for firms to get more aggressive? At the Association for Financial Professionals Conference in Denver, […]
Posted on November 17th, 2015 by admin
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For nearly a year now, a task force created by the EEOC has been charged with finding the best ways to stymie harassment of all types in the workplace — and its efforts are starting to bear fruit. At its second public meeting, the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the […]
Posted on November 16th, 2015 by admin
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Handling intermittent FMLA can be intimidating. Here’s a case that shows it pays to act decisively when you suspect the employee-centric regs are being abused. The story revolves around Mingyi Rowe, a flight attendant for United Airlines. She and her husband — also a United flight attendant — live in Colorado, but Mingyi’s parents […]
Posted on November 15th, 2015 by admin
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The DOL’s been pretty quiet about what it’s doing behind the scenes about changing the overtime exemption rules and salary threshold. But it has finally spoken. This week, at the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law conference in Philadelphia, the Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith shared some insider info that elicited “gasps” from the […]
Posted on November 14th, 2015 by admin
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There’s good news and bad in the effort to achieve gender equality in the workplace. Strides toward pay equality … Cloud-based software company Salesforce has invested $3 million in a program to ensure women and men in similar jobs are paid equally, according to a recent Huffington Post story. “We’ve looked at every single female […]
Posted on November 13th, 2015 by admin
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Congratulations … you’ve survived the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirements. But your compliance headaches aren’t over yet. What Obamacare regulations are still slated to kick in? No. 1: Reporting requirements When: Feb. 29, 2016 (March 31 if filing electronically). The deadline for future year’s returns will be Feb. 28. What: This […]
Posted on November 12th, 2015 by admin
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Employers may soon have a lot more freedom to get employees’ spouses involved in their wellness plans. The EEOC just issued new proposed regs that would amend current GINA restrictions regarding the collection of individuals’ health-status info. Specifically, the new proposed regs would allow employers who offer wellness programs as part of a group […]
Posted on November 11th, 2015 by admin
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You know hard it is to land the best and brightest new employees. In this guest post, ADP exec Dave Imbrogno explains how your corporate social responsibility activities can be a key recruiting tool. Conducting a job search is hard work. Countless variables can affect a candidate’s decision to pursue or accept a job. […]
Posted on November 10th, 2015 by admin
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