Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Bay Area Labor Sweep Leads to Big Fines For Pallet Manufacturers
Proposed Legislation Would Give Small Employers Scheduling Flexibility
Small employers and their employees would be given new flexibility in work scheduling under a new measure introduced in the California Assembly. A.B. 2127 would allow employers with 25 or fewer employees to approve an employee’s written request to work up to 10-hour days within a 40-hour workweek without paying daily overtime. Under current law, […]
Alternative Workweeks, Part 4: Sample Forms for Employers
What Are My Obligations Regarding a Tip-Sharing Program?
Salary Basis: No Joyride for Motorcycle Shop Employee Who Sued Over Two Short Paychecks, But Watch Your Pay Practices
From the Experts: Demystifying the Motor Carrier Exemption, Part 1; When Does an Employee Drive in ‘Interstate Commerce’?
Administrative Exemption: Exemption for High-Level IT Employee Upheld; Simple Tips for Staying Out of Court
Short Takes: School Functions
BusinessWeek’s Paperback Bestseller List
BusinessWeek ranks paperback business books that are the most recent bestsellers. 1. Blink By Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay Books $15.99) 2. J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax2008 By The J.K. Lasser Institute (Wiley $17.95) 3. What Color Is Your Parachute? By Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press $18.95) 4. A Guide to the Project Management Body […]