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Tips for Reimbursing California Employees’ Business Expenses
California employers must reimburse workers for reasonable business expenses. This issue may seem less significant than some California mandates—such as paid-time-off and additional leave requirements—but failing to properly reimburse employees…
Your Career Q&A: How to Explain a Troubled Resignation
When you are interviewing for a new job, how do you explain—truthfully and tactfully—why you abruptly left your last position? Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR…
The Nuts and Bolts of Hiring People with Criminal Histories
The relatively low unemployment rate is spurring once-reluctant employers to rethink their position on hiring candidates with criminal histories. A wide range of companies are opening their application processes to…
In Focus: Tech Industry Struggles with Diversity and Male Discontent
Software engineer James Damore's lengthy antidiversity "manifesto" criticizing Google's efforts on behalf of women is the latest reminder of how many major tech companies are struggling with diversity and how…
Cyber Insurance: How to Get What You Pay For
Due to the increasing number of cyber-attacks and government scrutiny surrounding protection of confidential information, companies cannot ignore the various risks associated with potential data breaches. The result is that…
Oregon Clarifies, Overhauls Manufacturing Overtime Rules
Gov. Kate Brown has signed into law a bill that remedies ambiguities in Oregon’s decades-old daily overtime law, which covers nonunion employees working in mills, factories and manufacturing establishments
France: Update on the Upcoming Labor Law Reform
According to the official timetable for French labor law reform, three decrees are expected to be published between now and Sept. 21, 2017
South Korea: Recommendations to Improve Protections from Electronic Monitoring Accepted
New protections are in place in South Korea concerning electronic monitoring in places of business in order to protect the human rights of employees
Should the Coming Solar Eclipse Block out Work?
People across the country are getting ready for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, with a few lucky states right in the path of totality--areas where the sun will be completely…
Employers Try Better Ways to Measure and Reward Performance
Businesses are adjusting their performance reviews to increase employee engagement and improve productivity, and revising pay structures to create greater incentives for high performance