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Federal contractors are getting a look at a new regulation aimed at preventing sex discrimination in employment, and while many contractors already are in line with its provisions, the new rule may create tension in some areas. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a final rule on […]
by Roger Tsai Colorado employers soon will be relieved of their obligation to complete and maintain the state employment verification affirmation form aimed at ensuring that new hires are legally eligible for employment in the United States. Governor John Hickenlooper signed the measure into law on June 8, and it will take effect August 10. […]
By Sarah Bowers, JD, Faegre Baker Daniels The Indiana Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a former Ivy Tech Community College employee was not entitled to overtime under the Indiana Wage Payment Act (WPA) or the Indiana Minimum Wage Law (MWL).
By BLR Senior Legal Editor Susan Schoenfeld, JD The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a proposal to revise the Equal Opportunity Report (EEO-1) reporting form in order to annually collect summary pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity from businesses with 100 or more employees. A […]
We’re trying to verify that teachers are exempt when it comes to new overtime regulations? So we have a teaching fellow whose salary is $40k. Do we need to either raise it to $47,476 or start tracking hours?
In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Julia Bailey, senior director of product management for Equifax Workforce Solutions, discussed the issue of regulatory compliance in the onboarding process and the first two of her six steps to success. Today, Bailey provides the final four steps of effective—and compliant—onboarding.
Yesterday we learned about how to use stay interviews to keep employees from leaving. Today we present more on that topic, including how to make change with feedback and to allow changes to permeate your corporate culture.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we talked about how some positions just seem impossible to fill, and we provided some tips for getting more applicants for these roles.
As unemployment levels decrease, employers may find it more and more difficult to get enough quality candidates to fill vacant roles. The number of applicants for a given job has decreased, and some organizations are finding that roles go unfilled due to a dearth of high-quality candidates.
A June 10 ruling by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to employers hoping to escape the constraints of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule speeding up union representation elections. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas and the National Federation of Independent Business filed the challenge to what many […]