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Safety: DOL Offers Nine Tips for Safe Holiday Parties
If you’re planning a holiday party for employees, be sure to check out the U.S. Department of Labor’s Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace website, which offers nine important tips for planning a safe holiday party and preventing impaired driving.
News Notes: Can Union Contracts Bar Discrimination Lawsuits?
Mandatory arbitration of employment disputes continues to be controversial. One unresolved issue has been whether union contracts can require workers to arbitrate all employment disputes. The U.S. Supreme Court has now agreed to rule on this question.11 Although arbitration clauses for various workplace disputes have been used for years in union contracts, courts have disagreed […]
Emergency Management Webinar Boot Camp: Details Announced
I recently mentioned that we’d be doing an emergency management webinar boot camp on May 23.
Domestic Partners: New Legislation Expands Workplace Rights, Benefits; Review Your Employee Handbook
Two new bills extending the rights and benefits provided to spouses to domestic partners were recently signed into law. We’ll take a look at the new laws. State Contractors Can’t Discriminate Under AB 17, certain state contractors have to provide employee benefits for registered domestic partners on the same basis as they do for spouses. […]
Survey Shows What Employers Are Doing to Reduce Health Care Costs
By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Managing Editor, HR Daily Advisor Just My E-pinion Big surprise—health care costs are going up. In our recent survey, 56% reported annual costs per employee in the $5,000-10,000 range (compared to 47% in last year’s survey), and 18% reported costs of over $10,000 per year (compared to 12 % in […]
Supreme Court Won’t Review Construction Wage Order Ruling
One-Third of Employers Report Use of Cash Compensation
The HR Daily Advisor announced today the results of a survey on Cash Compensation conducted in March 2011. The survey asked employers to report on the use of cash incentives at their companies, either in the form of individual or team awards, spot bonuses, or similar payments. According to the results, nearly one-third of employers […]
Heat Illness: What Must We Do to Protect Outdoor Workers in the Summer Heat?
We employ a number of workers in outdoor jobs during the summer. With summer heat coming on, are there Cal/OSHA requirements we need to comply with in this regard? —Sarah G., HR Manager in Marina del Rey
Out-of-state Employers Must Cover Vermont Residents’ Same-sex Spouses if Bill Enacted
Employers based outside Vermont will have to provide the health coverage to same-sex spouses of Vermont residents if a just-passed bill is enacted. The Vermont House of Representatives passed the measure on March 15; the state Senate followed suit on March 19. It now goes to Gov. Peter Shumlin (D). If he signs it, the […]