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5 Secrets for Effective Long-Term Staffing

In an article published on HR.BLR.com®, recruiting expert Miranda Nash emphasized the importance of long-term staffing and provided 5 tips on how to handle it effectively.

Size of Your Workspace? Depends on the Time of Day

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Connecticut facility, executives of Deloitte touted their innovative workspace concept that will have junior and senior executives “rubbing elbows” in collaboration—literally! The company’s space in the building is much below the usual allotment for the number of employees. How will the 1,300 workers all fit?

Changes to New York’s wage theft act bring good, bad news for employers

by Paul J. Sweeney An amendment to New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) removes a requirement that private-sector employers provide wage rate notices to current employees by February 1 of each year. The WTPA requires private-sector employers to provide written wage rate notices to employees and imposes penalties for noncompliance. Until the change was […]

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E-Verify = increased government scrutiny

by Christine D. Mehfoud The government agencies responsible for immigration-related matters are talking to each other. They are monitoring your E-Verify use and referring anomalies for investigation.   Companies participating in E-Verify expose themselves to increased government scrutiny. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) E- Verify Monitoring & Compliance Branch (M&C) regularly monitors use of the […]

High Court Opinion Vacates 6th Cir. Ruling on Retiree Health

On Jan. 26, U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to employers struggling to get retiree health care costs under control. A unanimous ruling in M&G Polymers USA v. Tackett, No. 13-1010 (Sup.Ct., Jan. 26, 2015), vacated the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Tackett.  In doing so, the High Court criticized 6th Circuit […]

Consider Personalized Employee Training Plans to Close the Skills Gap

Did you know that many organizations are opting to create training programs for employees that are more personalized rather than generic or role-based? These training plans take into account not only the role the individual is training for but also the individual’s future goals and any gaps in that person’s skill set. This trend is […]

Today’s Sexual Harassment Case: Elf v. Santa

In yesterday’s Advisor, Attorney Francis M. Drelling shared the story of a sexual harassment complaint in Santa’s workshop and how the company handled it so very ho ho horribly wrong; today, Drelling shares how the company should’ve handled the situation with this mall Santa.

Can an Electronic System Replace Paper Employee Files?

As we move closer and closer toward the goal of becoming paperless in the digital age, many HR managers wonder if this is even an attainable goal. Aren’t there just some employee files that must (or ought) to be kept as original paper documents?