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Workers’ Compensation: Sweeping New Law Promises Major Changes; Rate Cuts May Be Just Around The Corner

By Jennifer Carsen Jun 1, 2004 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

As we reported last month, the California Legislature enacted a sweeping overhaul of the state’s 91-year-old system for compensating workers injured on the job—and Gov. Schwarzenegger quickly signed the workers’ compensation legislation, S.B. 899, which took effect immediately. Employers should soon see savings from the new reforms. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has proposed […]

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Executing a Succession Plan

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Oct 18, 2018 Talent

Updated: Oct 18, 2018

Turnover in the United States is higher than many people think. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the turnover rate across a wide range of industries in the private sector was over 47.4% annually in 2017, and that number has increased steadily from 42.3% in 2013. So, businesses need to be prepared to lose employees […]

Nine of 10 Employment Class Actions in 2010 Involved Wage and Hour Claims, Says Law Firm

By Margaret Miller Jun 7, 2011 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 7, 2011

Of all class and collective actions filed in 2010 claiming employment law violations, 91 percent involved federal and/or state wage and hour claims, according to the law firm Littler Mendelson LLC. Federal and state wage and hour class and collective actions filed during the 2010 calendar year totaled about 3,785 nationwide, according to data collected […]

AI Not Living Up to Promise of Less-Biased Recruiting

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Feb 26, 2019 Recruiting

Updated: Feb 26, 2019

One of the factors often cited as contributing to racial and gender disparities in the workplace is discrimination in the hiring process. This could come in the form of explicit discrimination against women or people of color by a hiring manager.

L.A. Bus Driver Busted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges

By jessica Nov 15, 2005 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Renee Terri Henderson, a bus driver with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), has plead guilty to charges that she submitted fraudulent workers’ comp claims. As a result of claims Henderson filed with the MTA, she collected weekly total temporary disability benefits of $386.65 for nine months. However, an investigation by the California Department […]

Workplace Discrimination: High Court Says Religious Nonprofits Can Legally Discriminate; Why Ruling Will Have Limited Impact

By Jennifer Carsen Jun 1, 2000 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

The California Supreme Court has recently decreed that religious nonprofits are exempt from California’s employment bias rules. But, as we’ll explain, this doesn’t mean that religious organizations are completely free to discriminate or to violate a host of other employment-related laws.