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by Judith E. Kramer A new rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requiring employers to notify the agency when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye goes into effect on January 1 for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. The rule also updates […]
While California law generally requires employers to pay overtime when employees work over eight hours in a day or 40 in a week, certain executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from this requirement if they meet three conditions: 1) the employee is paid on a salary basis; 2) the employee earns a certain minimum […]
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has dropped its appeal of a union vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but instead of giving up, the union says it will turn its attention toward Congress. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had scheduled an April 21 hearing in Chattanooga on the appeal of a […]
Caught between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, Generation X is fewer in numbers. They have matured beyond their slacker reputations, and many of them are dealing with young children, elderly parents, and stressful jobs.
By Kate Donovan, senior vice president of ManpowerGroup Solutions According to ManpowerGroup’s 2015 Talent Shortage Survey, 38% of employers across the globe are having difficulty filling jobs. In this competitive environment, employers are at a disadvantage and must continuously search for better ways to attract and retain top talent.
by Michael P. Maslanka Wow, talk about a week full of “breaking news” with President Donald Trump (a la his role in The Apprentice) telling FBI Director James Comey, “You’re fired.” To recap: Comey was fired in the midst of the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with the Russians to rig the […]
By Stefanie Renaud, Esq., of Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. Telecommuting is one of the fastest growing employment trends in the United States, up 103% since 2005. Today, over 3.7 million employees telecommute at least half the time. Undoubtedly, that number will continue to grow, because 85% of Millennials, who compose the largest generation in […]
“In the US, nearly 13 lawsuits are filed every minute, and sometimes it seems as if most of them are in California,” says attorney Christopher C. Hoffman. Some special California rules that confuse HR managers are those around travel pay, deductions for tools, required uniforms, and pay stubs.
What About the Manager as a Teacher? If you take Lombardi’s words and change “coaching” to “managing,” it would go something like this: “I think managing is teaching, see? So I don’t think there’s any difference whether you teach in the office or whether you teach in the classroom. They’re both exactly the same. It’s […]