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Health Plan Surcharges Pose Litigation Risks for Employers

By Lake Moore, McAfee & Taft Jul 18, 2025 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jul 18, 2025

Many employers implement wellness programs into their employee health plan offers. Wellness programs have varying designs but commonly offer premium discounts to participants who are tobacco-free or achieve certain biometric thresholds encouraging healthy living (LDL cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, BMI). Noncompliant programs have become a frequent target for employees’ lawyers, arguing certain designs violate nondiscrimination […]

Dealing with the Godzillas in Your Workplace

By Steve Bruce Sep 30, 2015 Recruiting

Updated: Sep 30, 2015

Difficult people—whiners, liars, know-it-alls, condescenders, busybodies, lazy bones, and exploders, and those who are always right—are everywhere, says psychologist Bruce Christopher. Our Godzillas can be our coworkers, customers, supervisors, neighbors, and even family members, says psychologist Bruce Christopher, who offered his tips at the recent Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference and Exposition in […]

Keys To Selling Your Ideas: Consider Context; Make It Personal

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Aug 1, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Aug 1, 2013

Pink’s best-selling titles include Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us and To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Pink’s remarks came at SHRM’s Annual Conference and Exposition held recently in Chicago. [Go here for takeaways 1 and 2.] 3. Don’t forget the importance of context. To illustrate the importance of […]

What Does the C-Suite Really Think About HR?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 1, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jun 1, 2013

Botwin, founder of SPC Consulting, offered the following tips at BLR’s 2013 Strategic HR Summit held recently in Scottsdale, Arizona. What the C-Suite Thinks HR Does Says “No” Hires and fires Controls with rules and enforcement Generates costs and overhead Gets in the way What HR Really Does Looks out for the company Makes sure […]

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A Tough Year for the Return to Office Crowd

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Jan 30, 2023 Learning & Development

Updated: Jan 30, 2023

With the vast majority of Americans having received at least one COVID-19 vaccination and millions fully vaccinated and boosted, there was widespread optimism among business leaders that 2022 would be the year employees finally returned to the office after 2 years of COVID lockdowns and remote work. But employee resistance amid a tight labor market, […]

How far will DOJ extend ADA’s Title II and Title III requirements?

By Florida Employment Law Letter Apr 17, 2016 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Apr 17, 2016

by Monna Lea Bryant, Robert Sniffen, and Jeff Slanker Retailers and businesses may soon need to begin preparing for a new public accommodations issue related to an altogether different kind of access barrier: websites. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is developing a plan to amend Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities […]

IRS Finds High Percentage of Errors on W-2 Reporting of 401(k) Elective Deferrals

By Jane Meacham, Contributing Editor Feb 27, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 27, 2013

Many employers that sponsor 401(k) retirement plans make mistakes in the way they report elective deferrals on Form W-2, the federal tax agency’s Wage and Tax Statement sent to employees. IRS on Feb. 13 said on its website that its Employee Plans Compliance Unit sampled filings from employers that provided Forms W-2 and found 75 […]

Are Your Employees Trained in Essential First Aid?

By Heather Hunt Jan 15, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 15, 2014

Picture this: A worker is hurt in an accident and blood is gushing from the wound. One of your employees chokes on a piece of food and can’t breathe. Someone goes into cardiac arrest right at his workstation. Would your employees be ready to act with speed and competence in a workplace medical emergency? They […]