Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act Takes Effect
Effective Oct. 1, the Nevada Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act will apply to businesses with 15 or more employees and will expand the scope of protections provided to female employees for…
New York Courts Rule on 24-Hour Nonresidential Home Care Workers’ Pay
A pair of New York state appellate decisions has serious implications for employers that offer 24-hour home care for clients by ruling that sleep and meal periods must be included…
Calif. Court Upholds Oral Contract Despite Offer Letter Purporting to Supersede It
Does an employment offer letter that expressly supersedes any oral statements on the part of supervisors concerning conditions of employment preclude verbal wage promises made after the employee is hired?
For 2018, Expect Steeper Health Plan Premium Increases
The average premium hike for employer-sponsored health plans next year is expected to be the highest since 2011. But there's some good news: prescription drug coverage cost increases may finally…
What to Do When You Receive an Out-of-Network Shakedown Letter
Self-insured health plan sponsors shouldn't be intimidated when an out-of-network health care provider sends a demand letter threatening action over a denied benefits claim. Here are options for responding
Workers Expect Employers to Take a Stand
One of the more striking images from the NFL protests Sunday was of owners standing arm in arm with their players during the national anthem. The optics of millionaire and…
5 Reasons Why Millennial Leaders Need Performance Feedback
In order to be successful, millennial leaders need regular, useful, and frequent feedback into their performance. Here are 5 reasons why that's so, according to one leadership consultant
3 Essential Questions For Choosing Your Graduate Business Degree
Traditionally, prospective graduate students have looked to the MBA to get ahead in the business world, but the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data (BD) have expanded the…
What Are Microservices? – Part 2: An Interview With Confluent CEO Jay Kreps
Jay Kreps developed Apache Kafka while he was the Principal Staff Engineer at LinkedIn. He left that company three years ago to found Confluent, an open-source streaming platform based on…
Managers Are Hoarding Talent: A Hidden Problem That’s Likely Hurting Your Firm
Expediting the transfer of employees among diverse business units allows a firm to develop and retain employees, while simultaneously increasing the cross-pollenization of ideas and the transfer of best practices.…