Workplace tension: Just how much is healthy — for both your company and workers?
Is a certain amount of workplace tension a positive? And if so, just how much is needed to create a productive environment?
Health and Safety
Worried about EFCA? 3 ways to make sure it won't affect you
Employers shouldn’t wait around to see what happens with the Employee Free Choice Act.
Would ACA reporting requirements disappear with repeal?
Here’s what a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would mean for a big administrative headache imposed on employers by the healthcare reform law.
Would your people trade pay for better retirement benefits?
Seems like more and more workers are realizing just how much cash in the bank you need to be able to retire comfortably.
Yes, managers can be personally liable for FMLA violations
Need a new way to get managers to understand the stakes involved in following Family and Medical Leave Act rules? Try this: If they screw up the FMLA process, they can be held personally liable.
Yet another consequence of healthcare reform struggles
It appears the longer it takes healthcare reform to come out of Washington, the longer it’ll take for unemployment rates to come down. The reason:
You can fire a driver if he's an alcoholic, right? You won't like the answer
It’s getting harder to fire workers — at least legally — these days. Here’s the latest example:
You saw this coming: New ACA forms and instructions from the IRS
With less than six months to go until the bulk of the ACA reporting deadlines kick in, the IRS has released new versions of the reporting forms as well as some important details on what’s expected of employers when it comes to the actual reporting process.
You suspect an employee is using drugs: What now?
You can’t prove it, but the signs are there. So how do you deal with suspected drug abuse without violating privacy rights or making false accusations?
You won't believe the latest thing that's killing productivity
Open collaborative workspaces are the future of the work environment. But are they good for your employees and productivity?
You're not alone: Non-profits cutting pay and bennies, too
Not-for-profit organizations certainly aren’t immune from the ill effects of this economic recession.
Young adults with health coverage due to reform leaps by 2.5M
The latest data from the federal government shows that nearly 2.5 million young adults have acquired medical insurance thanks to the healthcare reform law’s dependent coverage rule.
Your best approach to fighting abuse of FMLA intermittent leave
If there’s a term that makes executives and HR managers shudder, it’s got to be this: FMLA intermittent leave. Here’s a look at one effective tool for fighting abuse of this type of employee absence.
Your employee handbook may be a contract — unless it says this …
If you don’t want your employee handbook to qualify as a contract in court, then here’s what it should say.
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