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.
Paycheck Cashing Bills Pending
Rates of Pay: Court Says Pay Required for All Hours Worked—Even If Paycheck Still Averages Out to Minimum Wage
DOL Addresses Employer-Provided Housing During FMLA Leave
Why Do Execs Leave Their Jobs?
International Financial Firm Settles Big Wage-Hour Suit
Gender Pay Gap Remains Wide
Employer Reporting: New EEO-1 Form Finalized
For the first time in four decades, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made big changes to the EEO-1 Report, which provides the government with workforce profiles by ethnicity, race, and gender, divided into job categories. According to the EEOC, the new format “recognizes the shifting demographics of today’s workplace” and will provide […]
Employment Law Tip: Protect Your Trade Secrets
As the Yahoo! suit against MForma Inc. highlights, things can get ugly if you suspect former employees have walked off with your trade secrets and joined a competitor. The best way to head off trade secrets disputes—and the potentially disastrous business consequences of your trade secrets getting into a competitor’s hands—is to take steps on […]
Yahoo! Wins Trade Secrets Injunction Against Ex-Workers
Recently, Yahoo! sued startup MForma Group, Inc., a wireless content provider based in San Francisco, claiming that a group of seven Yahoo! workers left the Internet giant to join MForma, taking trade secrets with them–including proprietary source code and other confidential business information. The lawsuit included charges that one former employee, David Chang, copied over […]