Make Meetings Matter
Meetings do matter. Whether virtual or face to face, they are vital to the smooth running of any business. For me, their main importance is as a forum for making timely decisions that will benefit the business.
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Learn Elements of ERISA Plan Status to Help Avoid State-law Claims
A former employee’s failed attempt to call COBRA coverage a “privately paid” policy, rather than an ERISA plan, in order to maintain state-law claims against a group health insurer offers a chance to remind employers about importance of knowing the legal status of their benefit plans. In the case, the individual sued the insurer for […]
New Vermont Pot Law: What Employers Need to Know
Soon, it will be legal in Vermont for people who are 21 or older to possess limited quantities of marijuana and marijuana plants. You may be wondering whether the new law affects your ability to enforce rules on smoking or the use of drugs in your workplace.
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?
Preparing for and Supporting Employees through ‘Moments that Matter’
In today’s fast-paced business world, stress in the workplace is more prevalent than ever. A recent Gallup survey revealed a startling trend: 44% of employees experience high levels of stress at work, a figure that has been steadily climbing over the past decade. With a growing awareness around the threat of burnout and the impact […]
5 Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Top Creative Talent
For many companies, recruiting top talent looks a lot like a game of hide and seek. The company is “it” and seeking through a pile of resumes in search of someone with great skills, a positive attitude, and an outstanding track record of delivering great work. When the company finally sets its sights on that […]
Employee ‘Unaware’ of Signed Arbitration Agreement Compelled to Arbitrate
When launching an arbitration agreement, you must understand the pros and cons of requiring your employees to sign one as well as which workers should be covered and the hurdles of enforcement. Depending on the potential value of the claim to be arbitrated, the filing fee could result in a five-figure charge just to initiate […]
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Heterosexual Employee’s Reverse Discrimination Claim
At the end of February 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an employment discrimination lawsuit that focused on a reverse discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the Supreme Court’s decision isn’t expected for a few months, the questions posed during oral arguments provide potential insight […]
Faces of HR: Lupita McLane on a Passion for People, Teams, and Leadership Development
While studying accounting in undergrad at Menlo College, Lupita McLane discovered she was interested in the people aspect of organizations. “I realized that the success of any business ultimately depends on its people and their effective management,” McLane shared with HR Daily Advisor. “This realization led me to switch my major from accounting to human […]
Bay Area Hosts 3 of Nation’s 6 Hardest-Working Cities, So, Congratulations
I am reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, in which Yuval Noah Harari posits, among other things, that the “Agricultural Revolution,” which created the first stable, large civilized communities, was a disaster, with the successful farmer working much longer and harder than her nomadic hunter-gatherer tribal ancestors, a day spent running through woods replaced by plowing, […]