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Viewpoint: New Tools for Diversity and Inclusion Arrive
This new way of working, operating in a cohesive network-based team of teams, demands a new focus on inclusion, diversity and what I now call citizenship
Employer-Sponsored Health Plans May Rise in Perceived Value
The Congressional Budget Office's estimate that 22 million more Americans would lack health insurance in 2026 under the Senate's bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act poses a…
California Employers Will Soon See New Workplace Regulations
In recent months, the California Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) has finalized two new sets of regulations that will both go into effect on July 1. California employers should…
Job Seekers Feel More Threatened by Human Competition than Robots
Job seekers are more afraid of a new generation of workers competing for jobs than they are of losing those jobs to automation, according to a recent survey
California’s Recent Budget Makes Labor and Employment Policy Changes
The California Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown a $184
Some States Forge Ahead on Salary Thresholds
Since last November, employers have waited with bated breath for an update about the status of the federal salary-threshold increase under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s "white collar" exemptions. But…
As Daylight Saving Time Ends, Wage & Hour Problems Begin
As daylight saving time ends and in most states clocks are set back one hour, the time change presents a perennial challenge for companies with nonexempt employees working late-night shifts…
Let’s Make an ‘I-Deal’? When Employees Want Special Benefit Arrangements
Employees often try to negotiate benefit arrangements that take into account their individual needs. Sometimes these "idiosyncratic deals" (i-deals) make employees more motivated and committed to their jobs
Senate Health Care Bill Would End Employer Mandate Penalty, Keep Cadillac Tax
The Senate's health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, like its House counterpart, would maintain but delay the Cadillac tax on high-cost health benefits. Annual ACA reporting by…
Employee Referrals Remain Top Source for Hires
Employee referrals continue to be employers’ top source of hires, delivering more than 30 percent of all hires overall in 2016 and 45 percent of internal hires, recently released data…