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Retaliation Claims: How One Employer Defended An Employee’s Claim That Supervisors Retaliated After She Charged Boss Harassed Her; Documentation Is Key

By Jennifer Carsen Apr 1, 2002 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Sendai Parker, a credit analyst for a Los Angeles  area branch of Home Savings of America, charged that her supervisor sexually harassed her at a co-worker’s birthday lunch. The supervisor was eventually terminated. Then when Parker was fired two years later for alleged performance problems, she charged that her termination was the culmination of a […]

Was Truck Driver Owed Overtime under MCA Exemption?

By Guest Columnist Dec 22, 2015 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 12, 2016

By Arielle B. Sepulveda, JD The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently ruled that an employee who worked on both large trucks—the operation of which is exclusively regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)—and smaller vehicles was entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Employee Stock Options: Get Them Right

By Northern Exposure Feb 14, 2011 Northern Exposure

Updated: Feb 14, 2011

By Christopher Ferguson and Stephen Acker In 2010, Jen-Hsun Huang’s salary was $1. No, he’s not a fresh-faced intern. Rather, Huang is the CEO of Nvidia Inc., the graphics and mobile chipmaker with Intel-sized ambitions. In that context, $1 seems like a meager reward. You would imagine that out of the firm’s $844 million in […]

Wage And Hour: IWC Wraps Up Daily Overtime Hearings

By Jennifer Carsen Aug 1, 2000 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

On June 30, the Industrial Welfare Commission held its final hearing to vote on a number of outstanding overtime and other wage and hour issues. The items addressed relate to new wage orders, which spell out rules for various industries and occupations. We’ll summarize the latest IWC developments that will impact many California employers.

Study Finds Significant Gender Gap in Retirement Savings–How Employers Can Help

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Mar 2, 2016 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Mar 2, 2016

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.

How to prepare for heightened immigration enforcement

By Utah Employment Law Letter May 24, 2017 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Elaine C. Young The employment-based immigration bar is bracing for heightened worksite enforcement from the Trump administration. To be sure, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) engaged in plenty of worksite enforcement during the Obama years. But the sentiment among the immigration bar, as we review updated policy memoranda and attend conferences at which […]

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New Technology Promises to Boost L&D Efforts

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Jun 3, 2019 Technology

Updated: Jun 3, 2019

Technology just seems to make so many things better and more efficient, doesn’t it? That’s especially true in the workplace. Think about how much more time would be spent in your day-to-day work life if you lived even 50 years ago, with no Internet, no word processors, no e-mail, and not even a fax machine.

Use Summer to Motivate Employees

By Heather Hunt Jul 9, 2013 Talent

Updated: Jul 9, 2013

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 […]

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Could ‘Workism’ Be Killing Your Culture?

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor May 6, 2019 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 6, 2019

It’s no question that for most of us, what we do and where we do it are key elements of our identity. After all, if we’re working 40 hours per week, that means about half of our waking lives is spent working, and for many professionals, it’s much more—not to mention the amount of time […]