In just the past year, we’ve seen wholesale Obamacare changes, like the delay of the employer mandate and the Cadillac Tax, as well as the death of the automatic enrollment provision. But there have also been a number of minor tweaks that weren’t as highly publicized. Just because these ACA changes haven’t been met […]
Posted on April 20th, 2016 by admin
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Sad reminder: Even HR professionals can get entangled in discrimination issues. A paper and packaging manufacturer with a facility located in Battle Creek, MI, will pay $187,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the company’s former HR manager. EEOC’s lawsuit charged that RockTenn Company […]
Posted on April 19th, 2016 by admin
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This employer thought its COBRA notices fulfilled its legal obligations. But this recent legal spat revealed two areas employers have to double-check. A class action lawsuit was filed against SunTrust Banks, claiming the financial institution provided individuals with a deficient COBRA notice. Specifically, the lawsuit claims SunTrust’s COBRA notice as deficient in two ways: it failed to provide […]
Posted on April 18th, 2016 by admin
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Sad reminder: Even HR professionals can get entangled in discrimination issues. A paper and packaging manufacturer with a facility located in Battle Creek, MI, will pay $187,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the company’s former HR manager. EEOC’s lawsuit charged that RockTenn Company […]
Posted on April 17th, 2016 by admin
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A lot of employers have multiple people interviewing job candidates. But is that really the right way to go about hiring people? Here’s the answer employers have been seeking. According to a new study, the more people you have interviewing candidates — and reviewing their responses — the better your odds will be of selecting […]
Posted on April 16th, 2016 by admin
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People sometimes complain they could stop coming to work and nobody would even notice. Here’s a guy that actually put that theory to the test. Joaquin Garcia was employed as an engineer by the municipal water board in Cadiz, Spain. As part of Garcia’s job, he was expected to supervise a waste water treatment plant. […]
Posted on April 15th, 2016 by admin
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In an era in which just about everything is regarded as a disability, at least two courts have stepped forward and labeled one major condition as NOT being a disability. Which means employers have some freedom on how to deal with it. The condition in question: obesity.The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska – […]
Posted on April 14th, 2016 by admin
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Employees may be leaving jobs at historically high rates, but there’s a silver lining: A big bunch of them come back to their old employers. That’s the word from a new survey from national staffing company Spherion. About 1,000 full- and part-time workers took part in the research, and nearly one in three (29%) said they’ve returned to a […]
Posted on April 13th, 2016 by admin
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A full year after issuing the initial proposal – and six years after the issue was first raised — the DOL has released the controversial new fiduciary rule. The new rule includes several changes to the proposal employers will need to know. Compliance date extended In a nutshell, the bill aims to grant retirement […]
Posted on April 12th, 2016 by admin
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Millennials will soon be the most prominent demographic in the workforce, and many of these employees have been saddled with tremendous amounts of student loan debt. So it makes sense that student loan repayment benefits are starting to gain some major traction with young workers. As reported on HRBenefitsAlert.com, some forward-thinking firms are already […]
Posted on April 11th, 2016 by admin
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