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A new study from financial education and counseling company Financial Finesse highlights the practical implications of the greater retirement savings shortfalls female employees face for numerous reasons, which result in a gender-based financial “confidence gap.” However, the study also shows that women are more likely than men to utilize retirement-planning services offered by employers.
In May 2025, the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published guidance saying that it would stop enforcing a Biden-era rule—one that had rescinded a rule created during the first Trump administration—on the factors distinguishing independent contractors from employees. Although the Biden-era rule remains “on the books” for now while the DOL considers replacing […]
We have a large workforce, and many people operate machinery, fork trucks, etc. Plus, many handle hazardous substances. We now think that some employees have medical conditions that may cause them to lose concentration, and we have some other employees who may be taking medications that might affect their ability to work safely. How do […]
McBean, author of The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows That You Don’t (Wiley, October 2012,), encourages employers not to wait until fall to review and adjust company directions. Especially if changes will involve employee training and/or hiring and training new employees. Most business owners probably look at the summer as […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we told the story of the job description that lost a lawsuit. Today, we offer more on job descriptions and lawsuit avoidance, and we’ll take a look at a unique collection of job descriptions—already written and ready to use. Employment laws are numerous, and it’s a challenge for managers to learn them […]
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan. 1. The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream by Suze Orman. The financial planner asserts that the New American Dream is not the things we accumulate but the confidence […]
Yum! Brands, Inc., is serving up more at its restaurants than a menu of familiar fare. In fact, the world’s largest restaurant company and parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut®, and Taco Bell® offers an award-winning employee leadership training program. Yum! Brands’ “TAKING PEOPLE WITH YOU” program received a “Gold Award for Excellence” in the […]
The editors at Amazon.com have put together a list of the best books of 2008 in the “Business and Investing” category. 1. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas Attorney experts from the Employers Counsel Network delivered hard-hitting answers to HRDA’s question about the most expensive mistake HR managers make. The remarks came at BLR’s Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, held November 17-18 in Las Vegas. Refused Accommodation Requests The number one mistake is untrained supervisors […]
By Kate McNeill McCarthy Tetrault Across Canada, employment standards laws provide for job-protected maternity leave for pregnant employees and parental leave for parents generally. In addition, the federal government provides financial benefits during these leaves through its Employment Insurance Act (EIA). The Supreme Court of Canada recently declined to review an appeal of a decision […]