Q&A: How Can HR Start Outsourcing?
How do you decide if you should outsource your benefits administration? If you do decide to go that direction, how do you get started?
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
There’s Nothing Regular About Calculating an Employee’s ‘Regular Rate of Pay’
In October 2018, the Trump administration unveiled its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda emphasizes regulatory restraint and underscores the administration’s commitment to a more business-friendly regulatory framework, noting that “in general, the [U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)] will work to assist employees and employers to meet their needs in […]
Why a Growing Workforce Doesn’t Always Require an Office Relocation
When a company first starts out, its focus is on promoting the business, delivering maximum output with an “all hands on deck” workforce, and ultimately increasing the number of clients it serves. At this stage, the office premises are generally at the bottom of the list of considerations, and very little attention is paid to […]
Wait, I Can’t Do That? Top 5 Obscure Legal Protections for Employers
Many states, like Massachusetts, are “at-will” states, which means employers are free to terminate employees for any reason or no reason, with or without cause or advance notice. But there’s a critical exception to the employment-at-will rule: an employee may not be terminated for any reason that’s forbidden by law.
Q&A: Why Should HR Consider Outsourcing HR Benefits Administration?
Deciding when it’s time to abandon in-house processes in favor of outsourced assistance can be very challenging, especially when it comes to HR benefits administration.
Comment Period Begins for Proposed Rule Changing OT Pay Threshold
Employers have until May 21 to make known their concerns about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that is expected to make more than a million more workers eligible for overtime pay.
Deadline Looms for New York City Sexual Harassment Training
Employers in New York City are under pressure to have employees trained under the city’s new sexual harassment prevention law.
Maryland Takes Step Toward $15 Minimum Wage
In a widely expected move, the Maryland General Assembly has approved a significant increase in the state’s minimum wage by voting for legislation aimed at increasing the current rate of $10.10 per hour to $15 by 2025.
7 Skills Your Instructors and Trainers Must Have
With blended learning on the rise alongside mobile apps that distract rather than develop employees, it’s important not to underestimate the value of a great trainer or instructor. Below are seven skills highly effective instructors and trainers must have in the modern-day workplace.
Equal Pay: 4 Steps to Define Comparable Work in Your Company
If Massachusetts’ new Equal Pay Act legislation is any indication, sweeping changes are coming, and the crux of forthcoming reforms will be determining comparable work and fair compensation. Companies can get a jump on this by defining and examining comparable work within their own organization to mitigate pay gaps and establish a fair work environment.