The DOL has said that by the end of 2018, it plans to audit every employer covered by the ACA for compliance with the healthcare reform law. Realistic or not, it sent a strong message to employers. It’s certainly debatable on whether the DOL can make good on its lofty goal — but the implication is […]
Posted on August 11th, 2016 by admin
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Here’s an extreme example of how an employer can be left holding the bag for some of its managers’ thoughtless actions. According to nj.com, New Jersey Transit has agreed to pay seven Africa-American workers a total $3.65M to settle a race discrimination lawsuit. The website said the workers claimed a former supervisor used the “N-word” and put a makeshift […]
Posted on August 9th, 2016 by admin
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While some HR pros struggle to finish up this year’s ACA reporting process, the IRS’ latest move forces firms to ready themselves for next year’s process. The agency just released draft versions of Form 1094-C and Form 1095-C for the 2016 ACA reporting year. The draft instructions, which weren’t released with the forms, will […]
Posted on August 8th, 2016 by admin
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Many companies conduct exit interviews with departing employees, to gain insight into why they’re moving on. But have you ever thought of interviewing the candidates who’ve turned down your job offer? That’s the suggestion made by executive coach Ben Dattner in a recent Harvard Business Review blog post. What’s the payoff? Employers can pinpoint the […]
Posted on August 7th, 2016 by admin
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Prepare to be alarmed by the kinds of things C-suite executives, managers and supervisors have asked their subordinates to do for them. Two surveys conducted in the past few months — one by CareerBuilder and one by Staples Business Advantage — asked employees to name the craziest, most unusual requests they’ve received from their superiors. Thousands […]
Posted on August 6th, 2016 by admin
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Many times, hiring managers — in an innocent attempt to make an interviewee more comfortable — ask questions that could put the company in legal peril down the line. Here are some not-so-obvious questions that could get your company in trouble, and alternate language that will get you the information you need. The Do’s and the Don’t’s Don’t […]
Posted on August 5th, 2016 by admin
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If you have a compensation and benefits plan that’s set up similar to the one that just came under fire in this FLSA lawsuit, it’s likely time for some alterations. The City of San Gabriel in California had a flexible benefits plan under which it contributed money to each employee for the purchase of medical, […]
Posted on August 4th, 2016 by admin
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Gotta hand it to the folks at the EEOC — they’ll take on cases that cover the entire spectrum of job descriptions. A federal judge recently ruled in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sex discrimination lawsuit against a Louisiana staffing firm. The EEOC had charged that Workplace Staffing Solutions, […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2016 by admin
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You likely know by now that federal agencies have made rooting out disability discrimination a top priority. And you likely expected lawsuits to increase in this area. But did you expect things to reach this point this quickly? Compared to 2015’s figures, ADA Title III lawsuits have increased 62.4% in 2016, according to the law […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2016 by admin
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Just how big a role does professional development play in employee engagement and retention? A recent study provides us with some new insight. BetterBuys, a Web-based resource on business technology, recently surveyed 2,000 employees — the majority of them managers — to try to quantify the benefit of offering workers opportunities to widen their job horizons. […]
Posted on August 1st, 2016 by admin
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