4 Ways Employers Can Lessen Commuting Headaches
Commute times rank as a top concern among employees when considering a job offer, according to feedback gathered from Robert Half’s recruiters.
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4 Types of Apprenticeships You Should Consider Offering This Year
Apprenticeships can lower costs for your organization and boost its employee retention rate. Additionally, research indicates that apprenticeship programs are great for employees, employers, and the economy.
America’s Most Wanted: Where to Find this Year’s ‘Hot Jobs’
As employers and job seekers take their respective positions in this year’s talent hunt, both can benefit from insight on which roles will be highly recruited for in the months ahead. To help both hiring managers and candidates best position themselves in the hiring equation, Randstad US, a staffing and HR services company in the […]
Hours Worked: Employee Entitled to Pay for Time Spent Attending Employer-Mandated Counseling Sessions; Practical Impact
Accommodating Applicants: Wal-Mart Revamps Procedures After Hearing-Impaired Applicants Sue; How Far Do You Have To Go?
When Wal-Mart settled a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by two deaf job applicants, it didn’t just pay them lost wages and other damages. The retailer also promised to take specific steps to make it easier for hearing-impaired and other disabled workers to apply for and keep jobs. These measures provide a glimpse of what the […]
Second DOL FAQ on Fiduciary Rule Addresses Questions About Fiduciary Communications
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the second set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for retirement plan professionals on the agency’s complex new fiduciary rule just days before the end of the Obama administration in an effort to answer plan practitioners’ questions about how the rule draws lines between fiduciary and nonfiduciary communications, education, and advice.
B.C. Court of Appeal addresses termination and severance issues
by Kevin O’Neill, Q.C. In Canada, in Hall v. Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc., 2015 BCCA 291, the British Columbia Court of Appeal addressed two important termination and severance issues: 1. In the sale of a business, when and how do an employee’s years of service continue to bind the purchaser? 2. What is the proper […]
Is Pay-for-Performance the “New Normal”?
Pay-for-performance, once considered a cutting-edge compensation strategy, has now gone mainstream. Dan Walter, CEP of Performensation, says that competition, performance, and reward have become so intertwined and such an integral part of our everyday lives that they should unquestionably affect the way employees are paid. Today and tomorrow, we’ll share some of his insights in […]
This Internship Was a Slam Dunk
HRSBT told you when Lady Gaga took a break from her touring to do an internship with British hat designer Philip Treacy. Well, another celebrity recently spent time as an intern at GQ magazine and scored a slam dunk. And though he is used to calling all the shots on his regular job, colleagues at […]
Deadline for OSHA’s Electronic Recordkeeping Rule Nears
Certain employers are facing a December 15 deadline to submit injury and illness data to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).