Social Media: Vermont Newspaper Editor Learns that Free Speech Comes with a Price
When a person who is paid to edit the written words of others fails to edit his own words, his job may be in jeopardy.
Author: Karen McAndrew, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C.
EEO-1 Deadline Extended to June 1, 2018
The deadline for employers to file their 2017 EEO-1 reports was recently extended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee. The reports were originally due on or before March 31, 2018, so for employers who have not yet completed their filing, the extension is welcome news.
Bay Area Hosts 3 of Nation’s 6 Hardest-Working Cities, So, Congratulations
I am reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, in which Yuval Noah Harari posits, among other things, that the “Agricultural Revolution,” which created the first stable, large civilized communities, was a disaster, with the successful farmer working much longer and harder than her nomadic hunter-gatherer tribal ancestors, a day spent running through woods replaced by plowing, […]
SEC Enters Fiduciary-Rule Arena with Proposed Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 18 disclosed its own proposals for new conflict-of-interest standards for the way in which financial advisers and broker-dealers identify themselves and sell products for fees to retail investors.
Digital Health: Employers Identify Gaps, Opportunities in Employer-Sponsored Benefits
Do you offer digital health benefits to your workforce? These digital health solutions are gaining popularity among all generations and prove to be a key asset in talent retention.
What Are Some Common Résumé Alternatives?
Have you heard? Résumés may be on the way out—or at least that’s what many online articles might have you believe. While most employers are still very much expecting to use résumés to narrow down lists of candidates for the foreseeable future, it’s not too far of a leap to agree that there are a […]
Your Busy Workers are Missing Deadlines, and They Don’t Feel Bad About It!
When your employees start to get overwhelmed and super busy, they start missing deadlines, and a new report shows: they aren’t concerned in the slightest. It may seem counterintuitive, but a study lead by Professor Keith Wilcox at Columbia Business School suggests that, up to a point, being made extra busy can in fact increase your workers motivation and […]
What Is a Real-Time Review?
Performance reviews get their share of bad press. There are lots of reasons that more and more organizations are transitioning away from the traditional model of annual performance reviews.
3 Tips for Getting Candidates to Respond to Your E-Mails
In today’s competitive candidate market and with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), aka “the robots,” we tend to forget about the human elements of recruiting. With the emergence of sourcing tools, finding top talent today is easier than ever. The hard part is getting them to respond. Can we create a compelling enough message […]
Beware of Bonus Pitfalls: Overtime and Nonexempt Employees
Employers’ failure to properly factor bonus payments into overtime is probably the most common wage and hour compliance error I see, including among employers that have experienced HR personnel who are knowledgeable about the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Failure to factor these payments into overtime is also really difficult to defend because the law on this point (unlike for some FLSA issues) is pretty clear.