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David R. Childers, CEO, Complí Laws change, technology advances, and companies face new risks. Internally, organizations must cope with staffing issues, an aging workforce, and compliance standards. To help HR professionals cope with this complexity, we asked the leading human resources and employment law experts to weigh in.
by Jen Carsen, J.D., BLR Legal Editor As you have undoubtedly heard by now, the Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited final regulations relating to the new overtime rules. By the DOL’s reckoning, these changes will extend overtime pay to 4.2 million Americans who don’t currently receive it.
Executive leadership wants and needs an HR business partner who adds to the bottom line. The bad news, according to the Harvard Business Review, is that HR is not delivering.
Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book Coping with Difficult People: The Proven-Effective Battle Plan that Has Helped Millions Deal with the Troublemakers in Their Lives at Home and Work. Review focuses on book’s profiles of employees who cause supervisors, managers, and coworkers stress and tips for how to deal with those employees. Coping […]
Subsidized work and training programs have been around for a few decades and offer many benefits to employers and employees. Employers receive reimbursements from the government (i.e., grants, loans, etc.) for some of the wages they pay employees who enroll in their subsidized programs, and employees gain employment and training.
Association Discrimination is hitting the front burner of employment law, says attorney Joseph L. Beachboard. This new type of discrimination comes partly from laws, partly from court decisions, and partly from EEOC—and every employer needs to add it to the list of discrimination types they train about. Beachboard, who is a shareholder in the Los […]
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision to seek public input on the controversial 2014 rule that sped up the union election process is likely to result in the rescission of the rule, according to an attorney who keeps a close watch on the Board’s actions.
Employers are increasingly concerned about the health of their workforces for many good reasons. One is that poor health costs them money, says attorney Antoinette Pilzner. There are substantial expenses related directly to health care, and additional costs from indirect issues, such as absenteeism, presenteeism, workers’ compensation, and productivity. A big part of the problem […]
It takes more than effective recruiting to maintain a diverse workforce. As more employers have realized the importance of fostering diversity, they’ve also realized that even if they win at recruitment, the work of developing diversity is far from over. It also takes holding on to the good employees employers have worked hard to attract.
To save time and money administering employee benefits and payroll, a growing number of employers are turning to leasing—or outsourcing—employees rather than hiring them outright. In this special two-part series, we’ll look at whether employee leasing is right for you and explore some of its hidden pitfalls.