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Walgreens has announced it will provide eligible employees with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage in 2014 through its proprietary “Live Well Benefits Store,” a marketplace that is an outsourced solution through Aon Hewitt Corporate Health Exchange. The new program allows Walgreens to continue offering health insurance and wellness benefits to its employees as the plan administrator […]
If an employee who typically works a Monday through Friday schedule, travels out of town on a Sunday to attend a training that will be held on Monday, is the employee entitled to be paid for the time he/she is out traveling? This great question from a customer highlights a perpetual issue for employers: What […]
Noncompete agreements, which restrict a worker’s ability to work for a competitor, have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. As states continue to institute their own versions of comprehensive noncompete reform, many of which include limiting who can be asked to sign a noncompete agreement and other restrictions, more changes may be coming at […]
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect earlier this year, and while many employers may think this E.U. law doesn’t matter for them, there are some important implications based on the nature of the law.
by Alexandra Meunier In Canadian labor relations, parties commonly enter into termination agreements in order to settle grievances and avoid any future litigation. Such agreements may contain confidentiality clauses. However, what happens when a party does not strictly respect the content of a confidentiality clause? This is the question that was submitted to the arbitrator […]
A new report, released by Henley Business School and Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC), examined global human capital challenges facing today’s leading organizations and how business leaders can deliver the differentiating strategic capabilities (DiSCs) needed to achieve outstanding strategic success.
The challenges working moms face have been noted for decades, even if not all the players in the labor market and corporate world necessarily appreciate those challenges or take steps to mitigate and address them. Even with very active dads, mothers tend to assume the majority of childcare burdens, meaning working moms are constantly being […]
Yesterday’s Advisor provided some holiday wellness tips to keep your employees happy, healthy, and safe during the chaotic weeks of the holiday season. Today, we share a few more tips for our readers.
A waiting-time penalty is assessed when an employer willfully fails to pay a worker the compensation he or she is entitled to on termination of employment. A California appeals court recently ruled that when a worker seeks waiting-time penalties but not unpaid final wages, his or her claim is subject to a one-year statute of […]
Continuing the VR training examples in yesterday’s post, here are five more companies currently leading the way in virtual reality (VR) training.