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US Labor Department, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment sign agreement to reduce misclassification of employees as independent contractors

By Rita Zeidner Dec 6, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 6, 2011

Nancy J. Leppink, deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, and Ellen Golombek, executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 5 regarding the improper classification of employees as independent contractors. “This memorandum of understanding helps us send a message: We’re standing […]

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3 Costly Wage Risks Facing Healthcare Employers

By Dean J. Shauger and Alexis Hivner, Baker Donelson Oct 5, 2026 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Health care employers continue to face heightened scrutiny of their wage and hour practices. Hospitals, physician groups, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation providers, home health agencies, and other health care organizations operate around the clock and often rely on complex scheduling and compensation structures. Those operational realities can create compliance challenges under the Fair Labor Standards […]

Hot List: BusinessWeek’s Best Seller List

By Celeste Blackburn Apr 6, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 6, 2009

BusinessWeek magazine ranks the 15 best selling hardcover and paperback business books in April 2009 and  gives a short summary. 1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. As you’d expect with Gladwell, there are lots of surprises in his explanation of why some people succeed fantastically. Pluck and smarts get less play here […]

Ask the Trainer: Reinforcement and Recognition

By Guest Columnist Jul 11, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jul 11, 2012

A: Content and delivery are not necessarily to blame when training fails to drive long-lasting behavioral change. More often, the blame rests with a lack of reinforcement back on the job, says Mike Ryan, senior vice president of Marketing and Strategy for Madison Performance Group (MadisonPG.com). “Training is a key business imperative, but the long-term […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Solve for Uncertainty, Not Complexity

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Mar 16, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Mar 16, 2026

Ahead of her sessions at SPARK HR 2026, HR Daily Advisor sat down with Betsy Lopez-Riley to discuss why traditional HR strategies often fail and how to bridge the gap between corporate vision and everyday execution. Her first tip? Solve for uncertainty, not complexity. While launching a rocket and redesigning a retail model seem worlds apart, […]

Are You Participating in NAOSH Week This Year?

By Heather Hunt Apr 29, 2013 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Apr 29, 2013

Sponsored by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), NAOSH Week activities are designed to promote the importance of safety and health on the job throughout North America and with worldwide partners. First, you can share with workers these statistics about why safety training matters:   Every […]

Family And Medical Leave: How Much Notice Must Employees Give You? New Cases Shed Light On Two Common Problems

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

Updated: May 18, 2015

When the family leave laws were enacted, the issue of how much notice your employees must give before taking a leave seemed relatively simple. But it hasn’t turned out that way. Say, for example, your employee wants to change the dates of her family leave after you already made arrangements based on her earlier notice. […]