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Heeere’s Johnny!!! Or, what horrors lurk in your building?
If you’ve seen The Shining you certainly remember the scene when Jack Nicholson’s character, now thoroughly possessed by the Overlook Hotel’s diabolical spirits, hefts an axe and chases his wife through the snowbound resort. Cornering her in a bathroom, he splinters the door and bellows, “Heeere’s Johnny!” Scary stuff, for sure. For me, though, I […]
Why You Might NOT Want to Bring Back a Boomerang Employee
In a previous post, we talked about the pros of hiring boomerang employees, or employees who leave an organization and later return.
Job Posting
Alas, repeats. My able colleague, Jaclyn West, wrote about this week’s episode — The Chump — in her excellent post of May 14. But fear not. There is big news this week that demands its own post. NBC has confirmed that Steve Carell will leave The Office when his contract expires in 2011. Michael Scott’s seven-year reign as Scranton […]
Immigration Bill Pushes High-Tech Plan for Employment Verification
Immigration reform legislation continues to heat up on both the state and federal fronts. In the midst of protests surrounding a new Arizona law that critics see as a license for racial profiling, a group of Democratic senators unveiled a new federal bill on April 29 that would require employers to use biometric social security […]
Transportation Tax Benefit Exclusion Extended for 2011
Guest Post by: Elaine Quayle Editor Business & Legal Resources, Inc. Yes, compromise does happen on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress have agreed to extend the tax benefits for transportation in a commuter vehicle and for transit unchanged through 2011. The transportation tax benefits were originally increased by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of […]
An employment defense lawyer’s holiday wish list
by Craig M. Borowski Employment-related claims remain at near all-time high levels, and most employers face them from time to time. Many attorneys would agree they have a “wish list” of things they would like to receive with their next employment lawsuit to help them successfully defend the case. Unfortunately, to the detriment of an […]
DOL Clarifies Mental Health Parity’s Effect on Pre-Authorization
The effect of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on prior authorization practices and other “nonquantitative treatment limitations” was clarified Nov. 17 in guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The MHPAEA interim final rules issued in February 2010 imposed a detailed numerical formula for determining whether quantitative limits such as copayments […]
Wal-Mart Settles Another Wage and Hour Class Action
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has kicked off the holiday shopping season with a costly expense. The company has agreed to pay $40 million in the most recent of a string of wage and hour class-action settlements that have challenged the retailer over the past 12 months. Last December, the company agreed to […]
The Top HR Documentation Killers … and How To Avoid Them
Yesterday, we looked at the Top 5 items on our “HR Documentation Killers” list. Today, the rest of the list—plus an introduction to a webinar next month that you won’t want to miss.