Federal Laws that Affect Application Forms
Whenever you’ve got new applicants, you always want to start them off on the right foot. One of the most critical aspects of this is ensuring that your application form doesn’t put you in any legal trouble.
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Teen Summer Job Outlook: Partly Sunny
As retailers continue to cut in-store workers, high school and college students will have to look elsewhere for summer jobs. This could bode well for companies with seasonal and part-time positions to fill.
Zappos’ Jamie Naughton’s Advice on Hiring, Retention
Q&A with Jamie Naughton, Cruise Ship Captain at Zappos.com Q: What’s the secret to getting on Fortune‘s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” list? A: I don’t know if there’s a secret but I do know what they look for. Two thirds of the score is based solely off of what your employees […]
Maryland Governor Vetoes Paid Sick Leave Law; Dems Promise Override
Maryland’s governor has vetoed a bill that mandates paid sick leave for workers in the state starting January 1, 2018—but it’s not necessarily dead.
Are Your Managers Begging Employees to Sue?
In yesterday’s Daily, we covered the first six of attorney Barbara Meister Cummins’ Top 10 ways managers beg employees to sue. Today, quotes seven through ten, plus we’ll introduce a unique guide for the tricky maze of California leave laws.
Employee Benefits: New Rules Require Notice Of Retirement Plan Blackout Periods
The U.S. Labor Department’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration has published rules to implement a new federal law”the Sarbanes-Oxley Act”; that, among other things, requires 401(k)-type plans to give participants 30 days’ advance notice of individual retirement plan blackout periods. The rules apply to blackout periods occurring on or after Jan. 26, 2003. We’ll explain […]
Was HR Exec Fired for Opposing Age Discrimination?
An HR executive, allegedly terminated for poor performance and not complying with the terms of his performance probation, argued that his termination was in retaliation for complaining about the CEO’s age-related comments. Background. In 2005, “Russell” was hired as vice president of worldwide human resources (HR) for Corbis Corporation. In July 2007, the CEO who […]
New Affirmative Action Regs Puzzle and Mystify
Some organizations have decided that the new affirmative action regulations will be so burdensome that they are working their way out of contractor status, says attorney David Fortney. “We’re tired of being hassled,” they say, and they are wrapping up their government contracts.
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Litigation value: $0 In the Prince Family Paper episode of The Office, the employees of Dunder Mifflin Scranton act inappropriately and potentially create liability for the company on two different fronts. But fortunately, as seems to be the case quite often this season, no one does anything to definitely create liability for the company. That […]
Supplemental Recruitment and Retention Survey—Tell Us a Little More About What’s Happening!
As we head into 2015, the scope of recruiting and retention is constantly shifting, and we’d like to know a little bit more about how it’s being handled out there. What’s happening on this front with your organization in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!