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HR Managers Becoming Safety Managers Too … And What to Do if That Describes You
With budgets shrinking, many HR managers are being asked to also handle workplace safety. Here are some tips (and a BLR book + CD program) to help you do it easier and better. Yesterday’s Daily Advisor reported that some employers are allowing, or even encouraging, employees to use iPod-like devices at work. A little music, […]
An Important BLR Audio Conference: Electronic Storage of Employment Records: How to Do It Legally
Storing employment records electronically involves a whole new set of rules and cautions, compared with doing it on paper. A special October 31 BLR audio conference will tell you what you need to know. As yesterday’s Daily Advisor article on noncompetes pointed out, there are documents that have to do with former employees that can […]
Succession Planning: New Business Environment, New Challenges
Traditionally, succession planning focused on an orderly transition at the top of the company. Today, the focus is on dealing with the coming “brain drain” most companies will experience as Baby Boomers begin to retire.
Health Reform Law Clears Appeals Court Hurdle
In a Nov. 8 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the U.S. Congress may require all individuals to get health coverage (the individual mandate). A circuit-court split on whether the individual mandate stands or falls makes it more likely the Supreme Court will […]
This Week’s Changes to Federal Employment Laws
For the third week in a row, Congress and President Barack Obama have made changes to federal employment laws or regulations. First, it was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The next week, President Obama signed executive orders affecting federal contractors and unions. And this week brings us the stimulus plan with changes to COBRA […]
Another New Jersey city requires paid sick time
by Michael H. Dell Morristown has joined the list of New Jersey cities that require employers to provide paid sick time to employees. Employers in Morristown have until January 11 to come into compliance with the city’s paid sick time ordinance, which was passed in September. Under the ordinance, employers with 10 or more employees […]
DOL Replaces Q&A to Clarify Brokerage Windows Policy
By Jane Meacham The U.S. Department of Labor on July 30 quickly revised its field assistance bulletin on retirement plan fee disclosures to clarify a contested question’s impact on so-called brokerage windows and self-directed accounts, which allow plan participants to select investments beyond those designated by an employer-sponsored plan. In the clarification, a new question […]
Employment Law Tip: Three Tips for Improving Workplace Safety
The beginning of a new year is an excellent time to whip your safety and health program into shape. Here are three high-value initiatives to help you protect workers and avoid health and safety citations while cutting the expense and effort associated with illness and injury:
Give Your 2016 “To-Do” List a Good Spring Cleaning
Spring has sprung. The grass is green. The flowers are blooming. The trees are in full blossom. It’s that time of year again. Time for spring cleaning. Out with the old and in with the new. At least that’s my wife’s way of thinking.