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The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan on August 23. 1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? […]
We’re transferring a number of employees between entities, and someone warned me about “SUTA dumping.” What is that?
by Kate McNeill of McCarthy Tetrault and Brian P. Smeenk formerly with McCarthy Tetrault Canada’s federal parliament has passed a law to protect workers when their employers become insolvent A key component of Bill C-12, passed December 14, 2007, is the creation of the Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP). The WEPP provides statutory wage protection […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas Sweeping developments at DOL and EEOC took top billing at the Employment Law Outlook panel which kicked off the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium in Las Vegas. Panelists included Susan Webman, Of Counsel with FortneyScott in Washington, DC; John Husband, senior partner with Holland & Hart in […]
by Rosalind H. Cooper Most employers know that there are restrictions under employment standards legislation regarding maximum hours of work for their employees. In certain circumstances, it is possible to exceed these daily or weekly maximums. However, care must be exercised when doing so in order to avoid a breach of the employer’s duties under […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently reached a $2.2 million settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) for the egregious disclosure of two patients’ protected health information (PHI) to film crews and staff during the filming of “NY Med,” an ABC television series, without first obtaining authorization from the […]
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor An employer will pay $55,000 for failing to accommodate a pregnant employee’s lifting restrictions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced.
Gov. Davis has signed a law barring employers from taking out corporate-owned life insurance policies on employees, with some exceptions. The law does not affect the validity of employer-purchased life insurance that is provided as an employee benefit.
Most people would probably choose custom over off-the-shelf if they had the chance—even when the product is health insurance. At least, that’s how Michael Jordan, who is president of labor and strategic accounts at MagnaCare, a healthcare services company specializing in self-insured plans and network solutions, sees it.