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How to Build Great Teams
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Employers Can Require Arbitration of USERRA Claims
A reservist employee fired after being called into active duty in Afghanistan had to arbitrate his Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) claim based on the arbitration clause…
In Focus: Elaine Chao Will Be New Transportation Secretary
Elaine L. Chao, who served as deputy secretary of transportation for President George H
Overtime Rule Delay Gives Opportunity to Fix Scheduling Practices
The halted implementation of the overtime rule gives employers a chance to consider why employees, including mid-level managers, are working overtime on administrative tasks in the first place. Ineffective scheduling…
Your Career Q&A: Where to Go When Your Career Options Are Limited
If your HR department is small or flat, where do you look when you want to move up? Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes…
Mid-Market Executive Pay Shows Momentum
Pay increases for executives at middle-market companies have been rising modestly but steadily, outpacing the average pay raise that employees received
Flexibility for Holiday Time Off Increasingly Important in Diverse Workforce
When it comes to office decorations, staff parties and time off, managers should be flexible and accommodating whenever possible, while soliciting ideas from the rank and file
Book Excerpt: Developing Proficiency in HR—Purposeful Discussion
If we are to learn from others' behaviors and actions and to develop our own behaviors and actions, we need to know how to process and filter the information. One…
No Wage and Hour Exclusion for Employees’ Business Expense Claims
A federal judge in California recently held that claims under the state labor code’s section that requires employers to reimburse employees for reasonable business expenses do not fall within an…
New York City Agencies Prohibited from Making Pay History Inquiries–For Now
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is engaged in a flurry of pre-election actions. Most recently, he signed Executive Order 21, which prohibits New York City agencies from asking prospective…