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New York City Fast-Food and Retail Employers Must Note New Scheduling Laws
New York City employers in the fast-food and retail industries will soon have to comply with new employee-scheduling laws related to breaks between shifts, predictable hours, on-call scheduling and more.…
California Handbook: Table of Contents
California employee handbook resources provided by XpertHR
Arizona Workplace Labor and Employment Law Posters
Arizona workplace labor and employment law poster chart
Student Loan Assistance Benefits See Little Growth, but Need Is Real
Employers say that helping to repay their workers’ student loans boosts morale and productivity—and that this aid is especially valued by Millennials. While overall growth in this relatively new benefit…
Senators Propose Tax Credits for Employers that Offer Apprenticeships
A pair of bipartisan senators introduced legislation today that would provide a $5,000 tax credit to employers that hire people from registered apprenticeship programs
Claim of Miscalculated Military Leave Pension Contributions Can Go to Trial
A Navy reservist who worked for FedEx could go to trial on his claim that the company miscalculated its contributions to his pension during his military service
Job Elimination During FMLA Leave OK’d
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not protect an employee from being terminated if her job happens to be legitimately eliminated while she is on leave
One-Sided Arbitration Agreement Not Enforceable, Calif. Court Rules
A physician could not be forced to arbitrate his job-related claims against the medical group that employed him when the arbitration agreement was unfair
Verify Degrees and Protect the Company from Resume Fraud
Candidates, even at the most senior levels, are regularly embellishing their resumes, according to a new report from background screening firm HireRight. Yet only half of employers verify candidates' education…
Japan Fights 'Death from Overwork'
Japan is looking for new ways to fight an old danger: "karoshi," the Japanese word for the phrase "death from overwork."