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Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul
The most forward-thinking companies are identifying and growing leaders in the midst of pursuing critical business objectives, as opposed to sending them off to far-flung educational programs and hoping they…
New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New Jersey
Last year New Jersey state and local legislatures implemented several employment laws and ordinances that are set to take effect in 2017
New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New York
New York employers should be aware of new and updated legal requirements that took effect at the end of 2016 or are set to take effect early this year
Massachusetts: Ruling Impacts Delivery Companies Using Contractors
The Massachusetts high court recently issued a decision that impacts the ability of delivery companies operating in the commonwealth to use independent contractors in providing delivery services
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…