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California Employers Get Help with Immigration Inspection Notices
California employers must obtain warrants and subpoenas from immigration agents and provide certain notices to employees. The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement recently developed a template that employers may…
Trump Budget Calls for Mandatory Nationwide E-Verify Use
President Donald Trump's fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget would require all employers to use E-Verify—the government's electronic employment eligibility verification system—boost funding for immigration enforcement and create new fees and…
In Focus: Trump Proposes Tying Federal Workers' Pay to Performance
Using variable pay to reward workers for achieving goals is now common in the private sector. For federal workers, however, pay is still largely set by education and job position,…
Detention Center Lieutenant Exempt from Overtime
A lieutenant at a New Mexico detention center who was paid a salary and directed inmate programs could not maintain an overtime compensation claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act…
FMLA Leave Not Available Following Pet’s Death
Insomnia caused by emotional distress over the passing of a beloved pet probably was not a serious health condition under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Flu: Coordinate Compliance Among FMLA, ADA, Paid-Leave Laws
Flu has hit the workforce hard this winter and employers are grappling with it. This is the first flu season of the past 15 that all states in the continental…
Budget Law Eases 401(k) Hardship Withdrawals
Hardship withdrawals from employer-sponsored 401(k)-type retirement plans will be easier to make under new provisions in the budget act passed Feb. 9
Technology Will Reshape Talent Acquisition in 2018
Advances in talent data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) will provide talent acquisition professionals in 2018 with the tools they need to be more strategic and insightful when making hiring…
Chatbots Expedite Recruiting, Save HR Time
Think how all the myriad steps of the recruitment process could be simplified, and productivity enhanced, if chatbots could take on some of the load