Is It Time to Rethink How You Advertise Jobs?
Granted, it’s a job seeker’s market. But if you’re not attracting applicants, you may want to stop blaming the economy and take a look at your job postings.
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4 More Flaws of Performance Management
Yesterday’s Advisor reviewed 6 of 10 flaws that can afflict typical performance management systems; today, we present the final four pitfalls to avoid while you’re assessing employees during appraisals.
Wellness Programs: What Metrics Are Meaningful?
In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Kristine Muller explained how wellness must become a part of company culture if it is to succeed. Today, Liz Dickinson, founder and CEO of Mio Global, discusses changing opinions about wellness metrics, including why heart rate should replace step count.
Meal Periods: Do Back-to-Back ‘On-Duty’ Meal Periods Violate California Law?
Recent Survey Points to Growing Employee RTO Fears
The ongoing push for a return to the office has become a contentious issue in many workplaces. Employers, in an effort to reestablish pre-pandemic norms, are adopting various tactics, including withholding promotions, to compel staff back to office desks. This approach, however, is meeting resistance, with a significant 25% of employees considering leaving their jobs […]
2018 Pay Budget Increases Remain Flat—with Notable Exceptions
A new Mercer survey has found that pay budget increases remain about the same as last year—at 2.8%. However, according to a press release on the findings of its 2017/2018 US Compensation Planning Survey, base pay for certain jobs with in-demand skillsets is advancing at a far greater pace, Mercer has found.
Bulletin Item: Sample Whistleblower Poster
Notice Of Employee Rights And Responsibilities Under California’s Whistleblower Protection Laws
Think You Have Joint Employment Licked? Think Again.
In early 2016, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released an Administrator’s Interpretation addressing joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). In conjunction with this release, the DOL also issued a new fact sheet on the Family and […]
Latest DOL FAQs Clarify Some Major Concerns About Fiduciary Rule
In a related move just ahead of disclosure of the proposed amendments to the fiduciary rule (See, DOL Seeks 18-Month Delay for Complying with Fiduciary Rule Exemptions), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on August 3 released another set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the final fiduciary rule that became applicable on June 9.
California’s Estrada Decision and Impact on Employers and PAGA Claims
Following Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., the California Supreme Court’s employee-friendly Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ruling earlier this year, employers must remain more diligent than ever to prevent and mitigate costly wage and hour litigation. Estrada eliminated one of employers’ central tools to curb sprawling PAGA claims: requesting dismissal based on the court’s […]