Happy Anniversary HR Daily Advisor: Part II
The HR Daily Advisor® is celebrating its 10-year anniversary! In honor of this special occasion, we’re rehashing the most popular HR Strange But True!
Month: July 2016
New York Employer Learns Costly Lesson About Paying the Correct Prevailing Wage Rate
By Zachary D. Morahan, Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP “Prevailing wages” are the premium wage rates paid to employees who perform labor on a “public” project, often a construction or highway project. Employers in the construction trade know all too well that the failure to pay the correct prevailing wage can have dire consequences, regardless of […]
Ask the Expert: New Overtime Rule Threshold & Employees on Unpaid Leave
I understand that the final rule requires compliance on a weekly basis to ensure exempt employees are paid at least $913 per week. How is this impacted by exempt employees on unpaid leave or short-term disability with reduced earnings (i.e. 60% of base pay)? I would imagine that we wouldn’t be required to adjust their […]
New Report Names Best Jobs for Generation Z
The first waves of young people born from 1995 through 2010, aka “Generation Z”, are in the process of leaving school for the labor market. This demographic accounts for 25% of the total population, and with the upcoming influx of Generation Z employees, coupled with Baby Boomers’ retirements, the American workforce is growing demonstrably younger. […]
New Overtime Rule Changes May Extend to 401(k) Plan Deductions, Plan Loans
By Arris Reddick Murphy, FedEx Corp. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) much-discussed final rule on overtime pay announced in May focuses primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels needed for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) workers to be classified as exempt. But it may have implications for some of these workers’ 401(k) retirement […]
No Supreme Court Review of DOL’s FLSA Home Care Rule
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor The U.S. Supreme Court has chosen not to review the decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations that expand Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections for home care workers.
Do You Know These Things that Applicants Know?
Yesterday we looked at three things that every recruiter needs to know about their candidates. Today we present four more must-knows about candidates.
More from ATD 2016: Measuring Your Training ROI
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented thoughts on bite-sized learning from a session at the annual Association for Talent Development (ATD) Conference and Exposition held recently in Denver, Colorado. Today, another ATD speaker has advice for determining the return on investment (ROI) of training programs.
How’s Your Love and Lust Policy?
Special from SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition Yesterday’s Advisor featured tips on lawsuit avoidance from Mr. Please Sue Me, aka Hunter Lott. Today, more of Lott’s tips.
Give your people a cause they can believe in
by Dan Oswald The United States won its freedom in the Revolutionary War when a ragtag army made up of state militias from the colonies defeated the mighty British Empire. How could this have happened? At the time, Great Britain was the world’s super power, with the strongest military and a navy that was recognized […]