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Retirement Plans: Government Announces New ERISA Enforcement Plan—And New Program To Correct Violations Without Penalties

By Jennifer Carsen May 1, 2000 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) has just released its new enforcement strategy to ensure that pension plans comply with ERISA. The main target: defined contribution programs, particularly 401(k) plans. This means you could be hit with hefty penalties for pension plan administration errors, such as delinquent employee contributions and […]

Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Paperback Business Books

By Celeste Blackburn Feb 16, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 16, 2009

The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on February 16. 1. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman. Managing your money in hard times. 2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain […]

Obama unveils compromise on health reform contraception rule

By Tammy Binford Feb 1, 2013 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 1, 2013

The Obama administration released a compromise plan February 1 on how contraception is covered under the healthcare reform law, but it’s not clear whether foes of the original requirement will approve. Under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, contraception is included as a free preventive service. The original rule exempted religious groups that employ mostly […]

News Notes: Workplace Deaths Are Down, But Homicides Rose In 2000

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Sep 1, 2001 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Data just released by the U.S. Labor Department show that in 2000 the annual fatality rate for U.S. workplaces dropped 2% to 5,195, an all-time low since the agency began keeping fatality statistics nearly a decade ago. However, while workplace deaths for white and black workers declined, fatality rates increased sharply for Hispanic workers, with […]

News Notes: Wrongful Termination Law Reform Proposed

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 1, 1997 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

Governor Wilson has introduced legislation to reform California’s wrongful termination laws. If passed, the measure would put an end to court cases that have allowed employees to sue on the ground that the employer’s actions or practices created a promise-though not in writing-that the person could only be fired for good cause. For example, employees […]

News Notes: Clothing Retailer Settles Wage Claims

By Jennifer Carsen Mar 1, 2004 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Clothing retailer The Wet Seal Inc. has agreed to shell out up to $1.3 million to settle a dispute with as many as 500 California store managers who claimed they were improperly classified as exempt from overtime pay because they performed primarily nonexempt work, such as stocking and helping customers. In a separate development, The […]

News Notes: New Data On Jobs With Most Injuries Requiring Time Off

By Jennifer Carsen May 1, 2004 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), truck drivers and nursing aides were the two occupations in private industry with the highest rate of injuries and illnesses requiring at least one day away from work in 2002. The BLS reports that there were 1.4 million total workplace injuries entailing at […]

Court: Employers Can Condition Health Benefit on Wellness Participation

By Kathryn McGovern Jan 11, 2016 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jan 11, 2016

An employer may require its workers to participate in a wellness program in order to receive health insurance benefits, a federal district court has ruled, dismissing a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Granting summary judgment for the employer, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin said it disagreed […]

News Notes: “Exempt” Drugstore Managers Sue For Millions In Unpaid Overtime

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 1, 1999 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Rite Aid Corp. has been slapped with a class action lawsuit claiming that as many as 1,600 managers and assistant managers at approximately 800 drugstores in California were improperly classified as exempt from overtime. The employees charge that Rite Aid put pressure on managers to deny overtime to hourly clerks and, as a result, managers […]