4 Techniques for Mindfully Expanding Productivity
How can you train your employees on how to mindfully expand their productivity and creativity at work? In today’s Advisor, an expert weighs in.
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The Six Training Topics that Will Keep You Out of Court
There are lots of topics for manager and supervisor training, but these six are the keys for keeping your company out of court. Train on them first. 1. Wage/Hour/FLSA Why it’s a challenge: Supervisors and managers think they know the rules, but the rules are more complex than they think they are. Typical manager/supervisor blunders: […]
Safety Issues for Off-Site Employees
Many workers now perform their tasks at worksites other than those owned or operated by their employers. In these situations, the employer remains primarily responsible for ensuring that employees have safe and healthy workplaces.
Affirmative Action: New Record Retention And Audit Rules For Federal Contractors
Despite the passage of California’s Proposition 209, affirmative action is alive and well if you sell goods or services to the federal government. In fact, the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which enforces the affirmative action rules that cover government contractors, recently revised its regulations. Here are the highlights.
Tips for Making It Easier for Others to Help You
We have all been in situations at work when we could use some assistance from others. It could be a formal management position where you are delegating work to subordinates or an effort that requires input or action from others within your team or even a cross-functional project that requires assistance from other departments or […]
Internships—It’s All About Who Benefits
In yesterday’s Advisor, BLR® Legal Editor Jasmin Rojas, JD, presented the Department of Labor’s (DOL) test for classifying interns—and how the 2nd Circuit court disagreed with the test after a suit was brought by a couple of interns who worked on the movie Black Swan and/or at the Fox corporate offices. Today, Rojas elaborates on […]
Vetting Job Candidates via Social Media
As job seekers expand their digital footprints through social media and other online activity, recruiters are hot on their heels.
Wal-Mart to Pay Rejected Applicant $300,000
by John Vering On April 17,2008 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., had agreed to pay $300,000 to a Hardin, Missouri man to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. In addition, Wal-Mart agreed to provide training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to managers at its Richmond, Missouri store, notify […]
Let’s talk about race: the death of Tony Robinson
by Saul Glazer The recent police shooting of Tony Robinson put Madison in the national headlines. Thankfully, unlike last year’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, the protests following Robinson’s death have been peaceful. However, the incident has once again put a spotlight on how we view race relations. This article discusses race relations in general and […]
Employers in so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ need to prepare for increased ICE enforcement
As many readers are certainly aware, President Donald Trump has resumed and intensified immigration enforcement efforts. In the most recent wave of action, the president issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish a list of all sanctuary jurisdictions. DHS recently released its list, which includes states, cities, and […]