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Secretary of Labor Tom Perez has his orders. President Barack Obama on March 13 officially directed him to “modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations.” The president’s directions further instruct the Department of Labor (DOL) to “address the changing nature of the workplace” and simplify the rules so that they will be “easier for both […]
Governor Doyle recently signed Senate Bill 20, which drastically changes discrimination claims under Wisconsin law. Previously, discrimination claims based under Wisconsin law were processed by the Equal Rights Division of the Department of Workforce Development (ERD). The only remedies available were back pay, attorneys’ fees, and reinstatement (or front pay in some instances). Under the […]
Expanding on yesterday’s post—here are the remaining four things you need to do when compiling your tests and quizzes if you want them to be effective.
By Kevin J. Skelly, JD The 3rd Circuit recently adopted a standard for determining when a meal break is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
We’ve covered the benefits of hiring veterans in part one of this article series, as well as information about how to better recruit veterans. Today we’ll provide more information about how to hire and retain veterans.
When the Olympian and reality TV star the world knew as Bruce Jenner announced this spring that he identifies as female rather than male, the resulting publicity put a new employment issue into focus: Controversy surrounding gender identity is more than fodder for reality TV. It also poses workplace discrimination questions as well as practical […]
By Jessica Webb-Ayer The wait is over: The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the massive healthcare reform law (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) enacted in March 2010 is constitutional. So what happened, and what does this mean for employers? Read the Supreme Court’s decision on Health Care Reform The most […]
If you can’t define it, you can’t measure it. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. If you can’t manage it, you leave it to chance, say Noelle Nitz and Linda Duffy. Unfortunately, there’s a language barrier when HR people try to talk metrics to management. Nitz, President of the Institute for Financial […]
In part one of this article we heard from iCIMS Content Strategy Associate Raquel Lawrence about ways that HR’s employee data might not be as protected as you may think. Today we’ll hear more on the topic—specifically on proactive disaster recovery and an introduction to a survey about applicant tracking systems (ATSs).
Special from Atlanta—SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition Retaliation means the employer is paying stupid money for stupid acts, says attorney Dana Cotham. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take much these days to rise to the level of retaliation. Here’s what happened with retaliation as the result of a 2006 Supreme Court decision, says Cotham: BEFORE 2006 (before […]