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Mexico: New System Allows Employers to Self-Report Compliance and Avoid Inspection Visits
Mexico's Labor Department has created an online system to measure and monitor employers' compliance with labor laws
Answers to Your Most Common FMLA Questions
With more than 25 years of combined experience in HR administration, management, employment law practice, and teaching, HR legal expert Christine V. Walters shares (and answers!) the most pressing questions…
Hong Kong: Apology Legislation Unlocks the Power of ‘Sorry’
The general reluctance for an employer to offer an apology to an employee may change once a new law recently passed by the Hong Kong government comes into effect
Viewpoint: A New Way of Looking at Performance Management
An annual performance discussion is kind of like waiting a year to tell your spouse what you appreciate about him or waiting until the start of the next school year…
OSHA Portal’s Data Breach Raises Concerns
Employers subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) new electronic reporting requirements are nervous about filing with the government following a potential data breach
Viewpoint: Data—Friend or Enemy?
One of the biggest changes taking place in HR is how much the role of data is growing. Data are publicly available about an organization’s employment brand
IRS Lets Retirement Plans Make Loans, Distributions to Victims of Hurricane Harvey
The IRS announced that 401(k)s and similar employer-sponsored retirement plans can expedite loans and hardship distributions to victims of Hurricane Harvey and members of their families. Affected businesses also received…
Layoffs Surge in August, Led by Cuts in Retail
After falling in July to the lowest number of planned layoffs since late 2016,