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Properly classifying someone as either an independent contractor or employee is one of the biggest problems employers have when adhering to FLSA requirements. Do you know when it is okay to classify someone as an independent contractor and when they should be classified as an employee instead? DOL Focus: Independent Contractor or Employee "One of […]
Domestic violence in the workplace has a significant impact on the abused employee as well as the rest of the staff. It can have a significant impact on the victim’s physical and mental health, and can also affect other aspects of the victim’s life, including work. According to Employers Against Domestic Violence, 71 percent of […]
Social media—It’s everywhere HR turns. In a recent BLR/HRHero-sponsored webinar, Patricia Trainor and Stephen Bruce, PhD, identified eight tentacles that you need to watch out for. Attorney Trainor is BLR’s Senior Managing Editor, HR; Bruce is editor of the HR Daily Advisor. Tentacle #1—Sourcing and Recruiting with Social Media It’s clear that social media is […]
European employment laws differ significantly from U.S. employment laws. One of the biggest conceptual differences is the unique U.S. employment at-will doctrine—which does not exist in European employment law. Naturally, understanding this difference (among many others) is especially important when dealing with the European Union and its member states. Many U.S. employers have made mistakes […]
While HR professionals may sometimes struggle with the murky areas of employment law, in a leave of absence situation, there should be no mistaking some of the more immediate obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Within five business days of receiving a request for leave, for example, you must provide three types of […]
A successor employer could not escape paying a $500,000 damages award for the previous owner’s Fair Labor Standards Act violations. The case, Teed et al. v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions LLC, Nos. 12-2440, 12-3029 (7th Cir. March 26, 2013), involved a tricky analysis of whether the purchaser of a business could be held responsible […]
Outback Steakhouse will pay $65,000 to a server it fired because of his traumatic brain injury, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The payment will settle a lawsuit EEOC filed on the server’s behalf. The commission alleged that John Woods was fired after a new manager took over an Outback restaurant in Phoenix. Woods worked […]
Training and development are the drivers of retention and engagement—key HR priorities for 2013. What’s happening with training and development in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out! Please participate in our brief survey and see how what you are doing stacks up against what other successful companies are […]
Knowing how to perform a job properly includes knowing how to do it safely. To protect themselves and their coworkers, new employees have to get to know their jobs inside out. In fact, OSHA requires it. The General Duty Clause says that employees must “comply with occupational safety and health standards” and all OSHA rules […]