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Tip Pooling: Court Serves Starbucks Baristas a $100 Million Verdict for Employer’s Illegal Policy; Tips on Tips
Dealing with the Dishonest, the Difficult, and the Duds
Every company has them–employees who push every limit to the max and just drive you crazy. We’ll share some tips from the HR Red book® and tell you about a new BLR audio conference that guarantees to help you with your ‘duds.’ Do you recognize any of these common employee types? A longtime employee who […]
Medical Staffing Firm Hit With $3 Million Assessment for H-1B Visa Violations
Less Employee Compensation Going to Wages
The share of employee compensation going to health benefits has risen substantially, while the share for wages has fallen, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a Menlo Park-headquartered nonprofit health policy organization. Kaiser’s Health Care Costs Snapshot report, “Wages and Benefits: A Long-Term View,” explains that health insurance premiums rose 78 percent between 2001 and […]
Appeals Court Considers What’s A ‘Reasonable’ Attorney’s Fee in Minor Payroll Dispute
California Garment Business Cited
Chinese-Language Paper Must Pay Millions for Wage-Hour Problems
A federal judge has ordered The Chinese Daily News, one of the Los Angeles area’s largest Chinese-language newspapers, to pay $5.19 million in a class action lawsuit that charged the paper refused to pay overtime and denied meal and rest breaks. Former employee Lynne Wang alleged that the paper required reporters to write five stories […]
The CEO: Chief Engagement Officer: Turning Hierarchy Upside Down to Drive Performance
Ralph Gaillard reviews the book The CEO: Chief Engagement Officer: Turning Hierarchy Upside Down to Drive Performance by John Smythe. Review highlights book’s discussion of employee communication and engagement. Employee engagement, the workplace phenomenon that propels employees to become passionate about their work, their employers and the company’s long-term objectives, is all the rage right […]
Federal Fair Pay Act’s Supporters Fail in Effort to Force Senate Vote
A bill that would give employees more time to file lawsuits challenging discriminatory pay practices has run into trouble in Congress. The federal Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831) was introduced last year to circumvent a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the deadline for workers to file pay bias complaints is […]