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Exempt Employees: Wage Payment Protections Apply to Corporate Executives, Court Rules
Top 5 HR resolutions for not getting sued in 2017
As 2016 draws to a close, each of us will likely take time to reflect on what we hope to achieve in the coming year. In my case, this reflection usually involves resolving to be happier and more productive and reduce my carb intake. I would be remiss as an HR lawyer, however, if I […]
Predicting success is hard
by Dan Oswald How good are you at picking winners? If you’re one of the 70 million Americans who filled out a bracket for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, you probably have a sense of how hard it is to predict success. You think you’ve done your homework. You do your research, looking at win-loss […]
3 Great Reasons You Should Join Our Talent Acquisition & Retention Summit
Time is running out to save your seat! Why should you act today?
BLS: Compensation Costs for Private-Industry Workers Increased 1.9 %
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its figures for compensation costs in 2015.
In Today’s Economy, Is Wellness Doable?
Budgets are stretched tighter than drumheads—is there still a way to work in a wellness program? National Employee Health and Fitness Day is next Wednesday, and that makes this a great time to focus on wellness objectives. Readers of the Advisor are well aware that wellness programs work and can produce strong returns on investment […]
Can AI Help Demonstrate Business Impact of Training?
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents the ability to leverage technology in ways that allow that technology to learn and improve over time. Already, in markets like manufacturing, AI is being used to streamline processes and perform tasks that can free up employees to focus on higher-impact work. In HR, AI has been identified as a tool […]
Employment Law Tip: Do You Know the Callback Pay Rules?
Each workday a nonexempt employee is required to report for work and does report but isn’t put to work, or is given less than half of his or her usual or scheduled day’s work, the employee must be paid for half the usual or scheduled day’s work, but in no event less than two hours’ […]
Be prepared even if taking the wait-and-see approach
My son is addicted to movie trailers. Don’t get me wrong, I love movie trailers myself, but my son takes it to another level. I recently checked the YouTube history on the iPad we permit our kids to use and found that instead of playing games on the multitude of kid-friendly applications we downloaded, my […]