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Santa Monica Employers Ring in New Year with Paid Sick Leave
Santa Monica’s paid sick leave requirements took effect on Jan. 1
Health Plans Shift Toward Paying Doctors for Value Provided
As employers grapple with how to lower the cost of health care without lowering quality, they are looking to pay doctors and hospitals based on health outcomes, moving away from…
EEOC Wellness Rules Apply for Now
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) new rules governing the fees employers can assess employees who do not participate in wellness programs took effect Jan. 1
Accommodation Process Where There Was Safety Risk Failed
Absent a trial error by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an employer that had undertaken good-faith efforts to accommodate an employee's disability would have nonetheless been liable for a violation…
Kentucky Right-to-Work Law Gets Green Light
The Bluegrass State became the 27th right-to-work state in the country, making it illegal for labor contracts to require union membership or the payment union dues as a condition of…
FMLA Interference Claim Shot Down
Excluding evidence of an employer's past treatment of employees who had taken leave was not an abuse of discretion because the past practices were not sufficiently similar to a plaintiff's…
More Employers Embrace RPO as Hiring Battles Heat Up
The tightening labor market has some employers turning to recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), growing the market by 17 percent in 2015 over 2014, according to the Everest Group, a consulting…
Improve Workforce Planning by Applying Labor Market Context
The workforce planning process needs to shift from an inward focus on business needs to an outward perspective on what’s available and likely in the relevant labor markets, experts say
Republicans Introduce Range of Bills to Repeal ACA
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be on the chopping block, but the path and timing are yet to be determined. During the first week of the new Congress, Republicans…
Why Learning How to Count to 26 Just Became Important in California
Some recent changes to California's state and local minimum wage laws are based on employer size. Here's what California employers need to know