Picking the Right Trainer
Companies spend a lot of time and resources on training efforts. In the United States alone, companies spend close to $90 billion annually on training costs, including payroll expenses and external products and services.
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Warning Signs–Unions Organizing Behind Your Back
In yesterday’s Advisor, attorney Mark Ricciardi presented key reasons why employees are attracted to unions. Today, what you can do about it, and an introduction to a unique training system that will help you to avoid union pressures. Ricciardi, a partner in the Las Vegas office of law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP, offered the […]
CareerBuilder Report Shows a More Diverse Workforce
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed some highlights from CareerBuilder’s report, “The Changing Face of U.S. Jobs”; today, more news from the report on how shifts in demographics have changed the makeup of the workforce in the past 14 years.
Survey Says … Results of the Recruiting and Retention Survey 2014
With the arrival of 2015, recruiting and retaining top employees will be critical to your organization’s success—and it’s going to get more competitive as the economy improves. How do you compare when it comes to recruiting practices?
Employment Applications: Don’t Touch These Questions with a 10-Foot Pole!
Has your organization considered all the legal ramifications surrounding its employment applications? Sure, you must have enough questions to gather what you need to assess the candidate, but they should be the RIGHT questions. What questions may present legal problems or employee privacy issues? We have some help for our readers, courtesy of business consultant […]
DOL Seeks 18-Month Delay for Complying with Fiduciary Rule Exemptions
The U.S. Labor Secretary on August 9 disclosed in a short court filing that the Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted to the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests to amend three key aspects of the agency’s fiduciary rule and postpone its applicability to July 1, 2019.
Techies Ban Tech Presentations; Go Web and Electricity Free!
Who could be more cutting-edge high tech than physicists such as those working on the Large Hadron Collider? Yet, for presenters at Fermilab’s LHC Physics Center Forum, PowerPoint® slides have been banned, in favor of white boards and a marker! What is going on here? The Forum wanted to change its meetings “from monologues to […]
Employees Weigh in on Working Families Flexibility Act
Employees are nearly 2-1 in favor of a proposal to allow for comp time to be used in place of overtime in the private sector, according to a survey released by TSheets.
New DOJ Guidance on DEI Programs: Find Out If Your Business is At Risk
Recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in both employment and other public programs signals a shift in how employers should navigate the choppy waters of federal and state antidiscrimination laws. Shifting Ground on DEI In recent months, businesses have seen several measures—by […]
11th Circuit: Employers Responsible for Extra Payments When Exiting Multiemployer Plan
Plan withdrawal liability has been in place for U.S. multiemployer plans since 1980. It includes a heavy penalty that requires employers leaving a multiemployer plan to pay their share of the plan’s vested benefits not yet covered by contributions and investment earnings. As a result, healthy companies often seek to leave multiemployer plans before their […]