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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, in a massive lawsuit that has been called the largest employment class action in U.S. history. The class of plaintiffs in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes included approximately 1.5 million former and current female Wal-Mart employees seeking injunctive, declaratory, and monetary […]
Do your team members know what the ultimate objective is for each project they work on? Do they know what the purpose is—what they’re trying to achieve? Are you confident that you consistently communicate exactly what the goal is for each and every project? Knowing what you, their leader, want to ultimately achieve on every […]
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD You have given an employee awaiting the birth of a baby the FMLA forms twice, and she has not returned them to you. Can you send her a letter giving her a deadline to get the forms to HR; otherwise her FMLA may be in jeopardy. Do you have the right […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob BradyBLR’s founder introduces the National Employee Attitude Survey and invites you to find out more about your own workers’ attitudes, and how they benchmark to others, at no cost to you. In November, I wrote in this space about the employee attitude survey we’ve used at BLR for more […]
It starts with break room tables laden with bowls of candy corn and “fun-size” chocolate bars. Then come turkey and Pilgrim decorations, which quickly give way to workstations sporting menorahs, Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, tinsel, and eventually New Year’s party hats and streamers. With the kickoff of the fall-winter holidays, employers need to consider not […]
A couple of years ago, a group of employees working for a McDonald’s franchise filed a class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleging their employer required them to accept wages in the form of payroll debit cards—with fees for use of the cards assessed by the debit card provider.
A common criticism of the gig economy is that companies treat those working in it less favorably than traditional employees due to their status as independent contractors.
As the earthquake that shook Washington, D.C., area today demonstrates, damage to your primary place of business can occur suddenly and without warning. Having a crisis management plan on the ready is essential to minimizing the interruption to your business. The business continuity plan improves the company’s capacity to return to business, thereby minimizing financial […]
On April 22, the Colorado House of Representatives passed legislation regulating stop-loss through minimum attachment points, and requiring stop-loss insurers to give the commissioner information about their self-insuring clients with 100 and fewer full-time equivalents. The bill also would give the insurance commissioner authority to unilaterally raise minimum stop-loss attachment points based on medical price […]
By Rebecca V. Nellis, MPP, Chief Mission Officer, Cancer and Careers A cancer diagnosis often catches people by surprise. When the person with cancer is one of your employees, knowing how to react is not intuitive. The truth is, when an employee discloses their diagnosis to you, they are looking for direction. Your next steps […]