The DOL’s new overtime regs will make reviewing the classifications of exempt employees an absolute must for businesses everywhere. Luckily for most HR pros, this won’t be anything new. At least that’s what a recent SHRM study uncovered. The study asked 337 HR professionals whether they review if their employees are exempt from overtime, […]
Posted on November 9th, 2015 by admin
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How’s this for double jeopardy? You lose your job as a result of the Great Recession. You become desperate to pay the bills and take a stopgap job just to ride out the storm. Then, when the job market loosens a bit, prospective employers don’t want to hire you for a position at your former level […]
Posted on November 8th, 2015 by admin
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So you’ve been charged with discrimination — or you fear you could be. Time to liquefy some assets. It’s going to cost you plenty. Of the age, disability, national origin, race, religious and sex discrimination claims that are settled, the average total cost of those claims came to $125,000. That figure includes defense payments. Now, if […]
Posted on November 7th, 2015 by admin
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Employers now have one less Obamacare requirement to worry about. The ACA amended the FLSA to require employers that employ 200 or more workers to automatically enroll new full-time employees in a company-sponsored health plan. This auto-enrollment mandate came out in 2010 when the ACA was signed into law, but it was never going to […]
Posted on November 6th, 2015 by admin
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You know when employees request FMLA leave, those conversations have to stick to the facts about what the workers need and why. The problem is, a lot of managers don’t know that — and here’s proof any of their stray comments can cost you dearly in court. Three employers are currently fighting expensive FMLA interference lawsuits because their […]
Posted on November 5th, 2015 by admin
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A long-since-exiled workplace habit is now making a big comeback: drinking in the office. And it’s not because employees are sneaking it into their place of business and sipping in the shadows. The reason it’s making a comeback is because employers are now offering alcohol as a workplace perk. Not only is it something employees want […]
Posted on November 4th, 2015 by admin
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If you’re not teaching your employees and their managers this wrinkle in federal law (and some employers clearly aren’t), you’re inviting legal trouble. The law in question? The ADA. The wrinkle? That it applies to customers as much as it applies to employees. Surely, you’re covering the employee-side of the ADA at length with your […]
Posted on November 3rd, 2015 by admin
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Pop quiz: If an employee with a well-documented alcohol issue comes into work intoxicated, can you legally fire that employee or are you required to place him or her on FMLA leave? If you said that termination is a perfectly acceptable to response to the above situation, you’re absolutely correct. That exact situation played […]
Posted on November 2nd, 2015 by admin
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Technology has progressed to the point where it’s possible for HR to learn almost everything there is to know about employees — from what they’re doing moment-to-moment at work to what they’re doing on their off hours. Guest poster Julia Scavicchio takes a long hard look at the legal and ethical implications of these new investigative […]
Posted on November 1st, 2015 by admin
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