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Ergonomics: OSHA Announces New Ergonomics Strategy Based On Voluntary Guidelines, But California Employers Still On The Hook

By Jennifer Carsen May 1, 2002 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Last year the federal Department of Labor repealed the controversial Clinton-era mandatory ergonomics regulations but promised to develop another strategy for reducing workplace injuries stemming from ergonomic problems. Now, rather than apply a single ergonomics standard to a broad range of industries, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has come up with a new […]

Pie-in-the-Sky Recruiting? Get Real!

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Jan 12, 2009 Recruiting

Updated: Jan 13, 2009

“I want someone from the top of the class at a top business school, who has advanced rapidly at a fast-growing, respected firm (but I want to pay an entry-level salary).” That’s pie-in-the-sky recruiting—spinning your wheels with no results. In yesterday’s Advisor, we covered the first five prehire necessities. Today, we look at five more, […]

The “Antidiscrimination Bond”: Can It End Discrimination Suits at Your Company?

By Bob Brady Oct 8, 2007 Recruiting

Updated: Oct 8, 2007

A B-school professor proposes an “antidiscrimination bond,” a tool that would screen out persons likely to sue you for discrimination before they’re ever hired. Would you use it? Since the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, governmental power has been directed at ending discrimination in the workplace. In a possible ironic twist, […]

Wage and Hour: Not Paying for “Off-The-Clock” Work Lands Employers In Hot Water; When You Do-And Don’t-Have To Pay

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 1, 1997 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

It’s obvious you have to pay employees for all the hours they spend doing their job. But violations of this rule by employers are common, and they can be very expensive. A few years back, for example, Nordstrom had to set aside millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit charging numerous “off-the-clock” violations. […]

Verizon ADA Settlement: More on leaves of absence as reasonable accommodation

By Todd Leeuwenburgh Jul 14, 2011 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jul 14, 2011

Now that the dust is settling over the nationwide class-action disability discrimination lawsuit Verizon settled with the EEOC, we at the SmartHRManager blog wanted to ask HR professionals what this settlement means to their companies. To help you answer that question, take a look at the consent decree’s corporate improvement plan, which highlights what Verizon […]

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Where Are All the Job Applicants?

By Bridget Miller, Contributing Editor Sep 17, 2018 Recruiting

Updated: Sep 17, 2018

There may be more jobs available today than there are applicants to fill them. This is a frustrating scenario for employers. Organizations trying to grow, or even simply keep up with current demand, are finding it more and more difficult to keep employees, and they’re finding it’s more and more difficult to find new employees […]

Egyptian Copt Claims Race and National Origin Discrimination

By Diversity Insight Jul 17, 2011 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jul 17, 2011

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, you are prohibited from discriminating against individuals based on several protected classes, including race and national origin. In the following case, an Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) physician claimed that his ethnicity and national origin prompted the revocation of his hospital privileges. Read on to learn […]

California Employer Alert: Overtime Regulations May Impact ‘Gap’ Employees

By Kate McGovern Tornone Jun 21, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 21, 2016

By BLR Editor Kate McGovern Tornone In its new overtime regulations, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has more than doubled its salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) white-collar overtime exemptions. This causes a rare circumstance in which federal law provides employees with more protections than California law. California has its own […]

Is It Time for Time Management Training?

By Heather Hunt Dec 23, 2013 Talent

Updated: Dec 23, 2013

The information in today’s Advisor is adapted from BLR’s 10-Minute HR Trainer® session, “Time Management for Supervisors.” The first step to tackling more-effective time management is to understand why supervisors have trouble managing their days. Here are several factors that interfere with a well-planned schedule: Reacting to others’ demands instead of deciding how your time […]

Case Management—What’s Really Happening?

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Jan 22, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jan 22, 2016

What’s happening with case management in the real world? How do you handle routine requests from your employees? What about not-so-routine requests, like complaints? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out! Please participate in our brief survey, and see how what you are doing stacks up against what other successful companies are […]