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Career Lessons from Indira Sovakar: Seek New Challenges
Indira Sovakar, the senior vice president of HR at global professional services firm Genpact applies an evidence-based approach to keep pace with global challenges
Viewpoint: How to Formalize Mentoring
If done the right way, mentoring programs can have long-lasting, positive effects on participants
How to Support Employees through Grief and Loss
Paradoxically, offering employees more time to deal with their grief—through longer bereavement leave, reduced hours and flexible schedules—could wind up costing organizations less. By addressing the issue directly, organizational leaders…
Brazil: Overview of Recent Labor Reform
Labor reform in Brazil was approved on July 13, 2017, amending several articles of the Labor Code
Germany: Employee Monitoring Ruled Unlawful
The German Federal Labor Court decided that a company's use of surveillance software to monitor computer use of its employees was in violation of the German Federal Data Protection Act
Midyear Changes Required for California Employers
New legal requirements are not limited to changes in law that take effect on the first of the year. Companies in California must take note of new employment rules that…
How to Keep HSAs Exempt from ERISA
Employers should not, through good intentions, become overinvolved in employees' decisions to invest in health savings accounts (HSAs)
Delaware Joins List of States to Strengthen Data Breach Laws
With the passage of the first significant amendments to its data breach law since 2005, Delaware has joined the growing list of states that have recently amended their data breach…
Chicago and Cook County Paid-Sick-Leave Ordinances May Apply to Your Organization
Paid-sick-leave ordinances became effective in the city of Chicago and Cook County on July 1. Although many employers have made the necessary changes, many have not because of persistent myths…
Emeryville, Calif., Adopts Rules Implementing Employment Ordinance
A little over two years after Emeryville’s Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards Ordinance took effect, the city manager adopted implementing regulations. In many respects, the regulations…