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By Jane Meacham The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on July 11 issued a notice of proposed revisions and other guidance outlining several changes to Form 5500 aimed at keeping annual reporting by employee benefit plans in line with technical, legal, and regulatory changes.
Help is here for employees who miss their retirement rollover windows.
The California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) has revised the proposed regulations to implement A.B. 1825, the law requiring employers with 50 or more employees to provide supervisors with sexual harassment training every two years. The FEHC is accepting comments on the new proposal until July 20, 2006.
House Republican efforts to postpone, block and repeal Obamacare were key reasons for the federal government-shutdown crisis, under which 800,000 federal employees stayed home beginning Oct. 1. The House Republicans, whose opposition to Obamacare paralyzed spending bills, demanded that the administration acquiesce on two demands: postpone the “individual mandate” that individuals have federally approved minimum […]
It’s not uncommon for employers to lay off workers and then outsource their job responsibilities to save money on employee benefits and other expenses. But now, a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling has exposed some serious hidden risks in this and similar practices.
The Office of the President of the United States of America is the most visible leadership position in the world. Period. So whether he likes it or not, President Obama receives more than his fair share of unsolicited advice on leadership. Of course, all of this advice for the President is free, and much of […]
Despite a strategy to promote an inclusive culture in your organization, unconscious bias could be undermining your efforts. That is why some companies proactively address unconscious bias through training.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured expert Sally Stevens’ first six mistakes that incent the best salespeople to leave. Today, the rest of her top 10, including being a “DoGooder,” plus an introduction to the “audit-before-the-feds-do” system for preventing expensive pay mistakes. Stevens is Vice President of R&D at Chally Group Worldwide, a global leadership, sales […]
The California Labor Commissioner has reached an agreement with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., resolving charges that the retail giant underpaid overtime and other wages. Under the terms of the settlement, Wal-Mart will pay $3.9 million in overtime, waiting time penalties, and interest to approximately 50,000 current and former Wal-Mart workers in California. Earlier this year, Wal-Mart […]